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Editorial Board page ii Full-Text PDF (51 KB)
Editorial Board page vi Full-Text PDF (26 KB)
Contents pages vii-viii Full-Text PDF (37 KB)
Systematic review
Accelerated partial breast irradiation as part of breast conserving therapy of early breast carcinoma: A systematic review, 10 September 2008 Birgitte V. Offersen, Marie Overgaard, Niels Kroman, Jens Overgaard pages 1-13 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (241 KB)
Review
Local relapse rates are falling after breast conserving surgery and systemic therapy for early breast cancer: Can radiotherapy ever be safely withheld?, 27 May 2008 Mariella Mannino, John R. Yarnold pages 14-22 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (208 KB)
Original articles
Partial breast irradiation as sole therapy for low risk breast carcinoma: Early toxicity, cosmesis and quality of life results of a MammoSite brachytherapy phase II study, 11 August 2008 Yazid Belkacémi, Marie-Pierre Chauvet, Sylvia Giard, Sylviane Villette, Thomas Lacornerie, François Bonodeau, Marie-Christine Baranzelli, Jacques Bonneterre, Eric Lartigau pages 23-29 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (239 KB)
Pulsed dose rate brachytherapy as the sole adjuvant radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery of T1–T2 breast cancer: First long time results from a clinical study, 14 April 2008 Bengt Johansson, Leif Karlsson, Göran Liljegren, Lennart Hardell, Jan Persliden pages 30-35 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (164 KB)
Clinical implementation of a new HDR brachytherapy device for partial breast irradiation, 27 October 2008 Daniel J. Scanderbeg, Catheryn Yashar, Roger Rice, Todd Pawlicki pages 36-42 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (400 KB)
Computed tomography for excision cavity localization and 3D-treatment planning in partial breast irradiation with high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy, 23 November 2007 Cynthia Aristei, Roberto Tarducci, Isabella Palumbo, Antonella Cavalli, Francesca Corazzi, Antonio Rulli, Carlo Raymondi, Paolo Latini pages 43-47 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (501 KB)
Dosimetric experience with accelerated partial breast irradiation using image-guided interstitial brachytherapy, 23 November 2007 Tibor Major, Georgina Fröhlich, Katalin Lövey, János Fodor, Csaba Polgár pages 48-55 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (443 KB)
An anthropomorphic phantom study of visualisation of surgical clips for partial breast irradiation (PBI) setup verification, 17 April 2008 Carys W. Thomas, Alan M. Nichol, Julie E. Park, Jason F. Hui, Alison A. Giddings, Sheri Grahame, Karl Otto pages 56-59 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (211 KB)
Significance of breast boost volume changes during radiotherapy in relation to current clinical interobserver variations, 21 January 2008 Coen Hurkmans, Marjan Admiraal, Maurice van der Sangen, Ingrid Dijkmans pages 60-65 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (386 KB)
Dosimetric comparison of four different external beam partial breast irradiation techniques: Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiotherapy, helical tomotherapy, and proton beam therapy, 07 November 2008 Sung Ho Moon, Kyung Hwan Shin, Tae Hyun Kim, Myonggeun Yoon, Soah Park, Doo-Hyun Lee, Jong Won Kim, Dae Woong Kim, Sung Yong Park, Kwan Ho Cho pages 66-73 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (977 KB)
High local recurrence risk is not associated with large survival reduction after postmastectomy radiotherapy in high-risk breast cancer: A subgroup analysis of DBCG 82 b&c, 09 May 2008 Marianne Kyndi, Marie Overgaard, Hanne M. Nielsen, Flemming B. Sørensen, Helle Knudsen, Jens Overgaard pages 74-79 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (174 KB)
Impact of the boost dose of 10Gy versus 26Gy in patients with early stage breast cancer after a microscopically incomplete lumpectomy: 10-year results of the randomised EORTC boost trial, 19 August 2008 Philip M. Poortmans, Laurence Collette, Jean-Claude Horiot, Walter F. Van den Bogaert, Alain Fourquet, Abraham Kuten, Evert M. Noordijk, Willem Hoogenraad, René-Olivier Mirimanoff, Marianne Pierart, Erik Van Limbergen, Harry Bartelink, On behalf of the EORTC Radiation Oncology and Breast Cancer Groups pages 80-85 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (265 KB)
Phase I–II studies on accelerated IMRT in breast carcinoma: Technical comparison and acute toxicity in 332 patients, 17 November 2008 Alessio G. Morganti, Savino Cilla, Vincenzo Valentini, Cinzia Digesu’, Gabriella Macchia, Francesco Deodato, Gabriella Ferrandina, M. Grazia Cece, Massimo Cirocco, Giorgia Garganese, Liberato Di Lullo, Divina Traficante, Francesca Scarabeo, Simona Panunzi, Andrea De Gaetano, Giuseppina Sallustio, Numa Cellini, Luigi Sofo, Angelo Piermattei, Giovanni Scambia pages 86-92 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (225 KB)
Inter-fraction motion and dosimetric consequences during breast intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), 14 November 2008 Pooja Jain, Tom Marchant, Melanie Green, Gillian Watkins, Julie Davies, Claire McCarthy, Juliette Loncaster, Alan Stewart, Brian Magee, Christopher Moore, Pat Price pages 93-98 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (489 KB)
Helical tomotherapy for locoregional irradiation including the internal mammary chain in left-sided breast cancer: Dosimetric evaluation, 03 November 2008 Jean-Michel Caudrelier, Scott C. Morgan, Lynn Montgomery, Manon Lacelle, Balazs Nyiri, Miller MacPherson pages 99-105 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (596 KB)
Use of skin markers and electronic portal imaging to improve verification of tangential breast irradiation, 16 June 2008 Anke van der Salm, Jennifer Strijbos, Colette Dijcks, Lars Murrer, Jacques Borger, Liesbeth Boersma pages 106-109 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (206 KB)
Surgical clips for position verification and correction of non-rigid breast tissue in simultaneously integrated boost (SIB) treatments, 17 November 2008 Joan Penninkhof, Sandra Quint, Hans de Boer, Jan Willem Mens, Ben Heijmen, Maarten Dirkx pages 110-115 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (406 KB)
Special focus on cardiac toxicity of different sequences of adjuvant doxorubicin/docetaxel/CMF regimens combined with radiotherapy in breast cancer patients, 17 November 2008 Nicolas Magné, Pierre Castadot, Cyrus Chargari, Angelo Di Leo, Catherine Philippson, Paul Van Houtte pages 116-121 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (157 KB)
Acute cardiotoxicity with concurrent trastuzumab and radiotherapy including internal mammary chain nodes: A retrospective single-institution study, 31 October 2008 Richard Shaffer, Scott Tyldesley, Martin Rolles, Stephen Chia, Islam Mohamed pages 122-126 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (140 KB)
Cardiac doses from Swedish breast cancer radiotherapy since the 1950s, 13 November 2008 Carolyn W. Taylor, Andrew Nisbet, Paul McGale, Ulla Goldman, Sarah C. Darby, Per Hall, Giovanna Gagliardi pages 127-135 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (342 KB)
Thrombin generation as a predictor of radiotherapy induced skin erythema, 14 November 2008 Lisa F. Lincz, Sanjiv A. Gupta, Christopher R. Wratten, Janice Kilmurray, Sharon Nash, Michael Seldon, Peter C. O’Brien, Katy J.L. Bell, James W. Denham pages 136-140 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (159 KB)
Incidence of severe capsular contracture following implant-based immediate breast reconstruction with or without postoperative chest wall radiotherapy using 40 Gray in 15 fractions, 03 November 2008 Gillian A. Whitfield, Gail Horan, Michael S. Irwin, Charles M. Malata, Gordon C. Wishart, Charles B. Wilson pages 141-147 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (282 KB)
Late regional density changes of the lung after radiotherapy for breast cancer, 13 February 2008 Randi Vågane, Turi Danielsen, Sophie Dorothea Fosså, Erik Løkkevik, Dag Rune Olsen pages 148-152 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (238 KB)
How do radiation oncology health professionals inform breast cancer patients about the medical and technical aspects of their treatment?, 16 June 2008 Georgia K.B. Halkett, Michala Short, Linda J. Kristjanson pages 153-159 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (490 KB)
Letters to the Editor
Progressive inflammatory breast cancer in patient receiving chemotherapy: The importance of radiotherapy as a part of locoregional treatment, 04 September 2008 Cyrus Chargari, Youlia M. Kirova, Paul Cottu, Rémy J. Salmon, Alain Fourquet pages 160-161 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (150 KB)
Accelerated partial breast irradiation, 26 October 2007 Budhi Singh Yadav page 161 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (38 KB)
Exploring the role of BRCA1, BRCA2 and RAD51 as biomarkers for breast cancer, 17 March 2008 D. Ziogas, T. Liakakos, E. Lykoudis, E. Fatourou, D.H. Roukos pages 161-162 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (48 KB)
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