Key result
High-quality radiotherapy techniques and careful use of internal mammary chain radiotherapy are recommended to decrease the dose delivered to the heart and reduce cardiac toxicity in breast cancer.
Why the study?
How can radiotherapy techniques be optimized to decrease cardiac and lung toxicity in breast cancer patients?
How can radiotherapy techniques be optimized to decrease cardiac and lung toxicity in breast cancer patients?
This review highlights the importance of using advanced radiotherapy techniques to minimize cardiac toxicity in breast cancer patients.
Advanced radiotherapy techniques may reduce cardiac toxicity in breast cancer; leaves open optimal protocols pending randomized trials.
Radiation therapy has a major role in the management of breast cancers. However, there is no consensus on how to irradiate and on volume definitions, and there are strong differences in strategies according to different centers and physicians. New treatment protocols and techniques have been used with the principal purpose of decreasing lung and heart toxicity and adapting radiation treatment to patients' anatomy. There is evidence that indicates internal mammary chain radiotherapy should be used carefully and that high quality techniques should be used for decreasing the dose delivered to the heart. This review of the literature presents the state of the art on breast cancer radiotherapy, with special focus on the indications, techniques, and potential toxicity.
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Youlia Kirova (2010) conducted a review in Breast cancer. Breast cancer radiotherapy was evaluated. High-quality radiotherapy techniques and careful use of internal mammary chain radiotherapy are recommended to decrease the dose delivered to the heart and reduce cardiac toxicity in breast cancer.
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