Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation Techniques and Clinical Implementation /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wazer, David E. (Editor), Arthur, Douglas W. (Editor), Vicini, Frank A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Radiotherapy.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Diagnostic Radiology.

Accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) is being rapidly introduced into the clinical management of early breast cancer. APBI, in fact, encompasses a number of different techniques and approaches that include brachytherapy, intraoperative, and external beam techniques. There is currently no si...

Table of Contents:

• Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation: History, Rationale, and Controversies
• Who Is a Candidate for APBI?
• Pathologic Anatomy of Early-Stage Breast Cancer and Its Relevance to APBI: Defining the Target
• The Radiobiology of Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation
• Surgical Considerations in Partial Breast Irradiation
• Physics of Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation
• Quality Assurance for Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation
• Overview of North American Trials
• An Overview of European Clinical Trials of APBI
• The Phase III Trials: Obtaining Definitive Answers
• The Virginia Commonwealth University Technique of Interstitial Brachytherapy
• Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation: The William Beaumont Hospital Technique of Interstitial Brachytherapy
• Brachytherapy Techniques: The Arizona Approach
• The MammoSite Technique for Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation
• Permanent Breast Seed Implants
• 3D Conformal External-Beam Technique
• External-Beam Partial Breast Irradiation: The New York University Prone Technique
• APBI 3D Conformal External Beam: The MGH Technique
• APBI with 50 kV Photons: Targeted Intraoperative Radiotherapy (TARGIT)
• APBI Intraoperative Technique with Electrons
• Intraoperative Radiation Therapy During Breast-Conserving Surgery; the Memorial Sloan—Kettering Cancer Center Technique
• Normal Tissue Toxicity After Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation
• Emerging Technologies Part I: New Brachytherapy Catheter Systems
• Emerging Technologies Part II: Novel Sources and Delivery Systems.