• Decision-Making About Radiation in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

  • Mar 15 2022
  • Length: 24 mins
  • Podcast

Decision-Making About Radiation in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

  • Summary

  • Drs Schapira and Gillespie begin this series by reviewing the current research on radiation options for early-stage breast cancer and how to discuss treatment options with patients.

    Relevant disclosures can be found with the episode show notes on Medscape.com (https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/963162). The topics and discussions are planned, produced, and reviewed independently of our advertiser. This podcast is intended only for US healthcare professionals.

    Resources

    Radiation Therapy for the Whole Breast: Executive Summary of an American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Evidence-Based Guideline https://www.practicalradonc.org/article/S1879-8500(18)30051-1/fulltext

    Ten-Year Results of FAST: A Randomized Controlled Trial of 5-Fraction Whole-Breast Radiotherapy for Early Breast Cancer https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7526720/

    Hypofractionated Breast Radiotherapy for 1 Week Versus 3 Weeks (FAST-Forward): 5-Year Efficacy and Late Normal Tissue Effects Results From a Multicentre, Non-inferiority, Randomised, Phase 3 Trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30932-6/fulltext

    Partial-Breast Radiotherapy After Breast Conservation Surgery for Patients With Early Breast Cancer (UK IMPORT LOW trial): 5-Year Results From a Multicentre, Randomised, Controlled, Phase 3, Non-inferiority Trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)31145-5/fulltext

    External Beam Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation Versus Whole Breast Irradiation After Breast Conserving Surgery in Women With Ductal Carcinoma In Situ and Node-Negative Breast Cancer (RAPID): A Randomised Controlled Trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)32515-2/fulltext

    Once Daily Versus Twice Daily External Beam Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation: A Randomized Prospective Study https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(20)34566-1/fulltext

    Accelerated Partial-Breast Irradiation Compared With Whole-Breast Irradiation for Early Breast Cancer: Long-term Results of the Randomized Phase III APBI-IMRT-Florence Trial https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.20.00650

    Acute and Short-term Toxic Effects of Conventionally Fractionated vs Hypofractionated Whole-Breast Irradiation: A Randomized Clinical Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2422117

    De-escalation of Breast Radiation Trial for Hormone Sensitive, HER-2 Negative, Oncotype Recurrence Score Less Than or Equal to 18 Breast Cancer (DEBRA) https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04852887

    Lumpectomy Plus Tamoxifen With or Without Irradiation in Women Age 70 Years or Older With Early Breast Cancer: Long-term Follow-up of CALGB 9343 https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.2012.45.2615

    PRIME II Investigators. Breast-Conserving Surgery With or Without Irradiation in Women Aged 65 Years or Older With Early Breast Cancer (PRIME II): A Randomised Controlled Trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(14)71221-5/fulltext

    Effect of Axillary Dissection vs No Axillary Dissection on 10-Year Overall Survival Among Women With Invasive Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node Metastasis: The ACOSOG Z0011 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2653737

    Radiotherapy or Surgery of the Axilla After a Positive Sentinel Node in Breast Cancer (EORTC 10981-22023 AMAROS): A Randomised, Multicentre, Open-Label, Phase 3 Non-inferiority Trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(14)70460-7/fulltext

    Regional Lymph Nodes Radiation and Breast Cancer Related Lymphedema: Where We Stand https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(21)00165-6/fulltext

    Event-Free Survival With Pembrolizumab in Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1910549

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