Fijuth Jacek
Department of Radiation Therapy, Oncology Chair, Medical University of Lodz, Poland.
J Contemp Brachytherapy. 2009 Jun;1(2):117-120. Epub 2009 Jul 17.
Breast conserving surgery (BCS) with postoperative radiotherapy has been a standard treatment of early stage breast cancer for the last 30 years. Interstitial brachytherapy has been used as a boost therapy after whole breast external beam radiotherapy (EBRT), and recently, it's been investigated in selected patients as a possible technique of a single radiotherapy modality (partial breast irradiation, PBI) after tumorectomy. Further clinical studies are required to define the most appropriate candidates for breast brachytherapy as a sole modality treatment and to determine the best delivery method of brachytherapy (multicatheter interstitial implant vs. balloon brachytherapy) in such patients.
在过去30年中,保乳手术(BCS)联合术后放疗一直是早期乳腺癌的标准治疗方法。组织间近距离放疗已被用作全乳外照射放疗(EBRT)后的强化治疗,最近,它在部分选定患者中作为肿瘤切除术后单一放疗方式(部分乳腺照射,PBI)的一种可能技术进行了研究。需要进一步的临床研究来确定最适合接受乳腺近距离放疗作为单一治疗方式的患者,并确定此类患者近距离放疗的最佳实施方法(多导管组织间植入与球囊近距离放疗)。