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Would you consider hypofractionated weekly whole breast irradiation for early stage breast cancer?

Do you consider this regimen based on the 10 year results of the UK FAST trial?
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Are you more likely to consider an extreme hypofractionated breast radiation regimen during the current COVID-19 pandemic?

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Radiation Oncology · Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital
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A word of warning to those who are still "struggling" with the concept of modest, daily HFRT for post-menopausal, biologically-favorable early-stage breast cancer, your mind is about to be blown...FAST! "Once a week??!! Where did this come from??!" is a question I've heard not a few people asking ov...

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Radiation Oncology · Duke University Medical Center
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A cautionary note about hypofractionation for breast cancer as well as other diseases. There is little doubt that long term normal tissue effects are increased, particularly for nervous system tissue. The reason hypofractionation is effective in so many instances has to do with the small volumes tre...

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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The data for breast cancer RT is emerging more rapidly than people are ready to change. As pointed out that 5 yrs data of Italian study with APBI using 30 Gy in 5 fractions with IMRT was similar to 6 weeks RT . With so many options emerging hypofractionation ( 3 weeks) to which people are still relu...

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Radiation Oncology · Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital
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This regimen isn't looking so crazy now, is it?

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