Do you consider APBI a reasonable alternative to mastectomy for women with early stage breast cancer and collagen vascular diseases?

As to the appropriateness of using APBI via a balloon catheter system for patients with CVD, data are limited to just small case series and individual case reports (e.g., Brachytherapy 10:121-127,2011; Brachytherapy 10:486-490,2011). Further, most patients reported in these series have been classifi...