A five-day course of partial breast irradiation is far less gruelling than traditional radiotherapy, which bathes the whole breast and takes up to six weeks of daily sessions. Dr Meattini, presenting his results at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in Texas, said: 'Accelerated partial breast irradiation can produce excellent disease control. 'In well-selected cases, there is no difference in patients' outcomes whether they are treated with accelerated partial breast irradiation or whole breast irradiation,' he said. 'Partial breast irradiation is one of the primary examples of effective de-escalation of treatment in breast oncology,' Dr Meattini added. 'For many patients, partial breast irradiation may be an optimal choice that is cost-effective, safe, and efficacious.'

Source: Daily Mail December 12, 2019 13:30 UTC