Are there local control and/or toxicity differences between multi-catheter interstitial versus balloon catheter techniques for APBI?
Which do you favor, if so?
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Radiation Oncology · Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh
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There are no randomized comparisons to guide local control outcomes between the two. That being said the local control rates are comparable in series evaluating interstitial (Hungarian trial, GEC-ESTRO) and prospective balloon/applicator (MammoSite Registry). B39 allowed for both but no data has bee...
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