Carvalho Ícaro T, Rezende Ana C P, Bernardo Renata J C
Department of Radiation Oncology, Israeli Hospital Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.
Clinical Fellow, Israeli Hospital Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.
Transl Cancer Res. 2020 Jan;9(Suppl 1):S236-S241. doi: 10.21037/tcr.2019.10.39.
Breast cancer is a highly prevalent disease worldwide, with adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) being considered standard of care after breast-conserving surgery (BCS). Older patient population can present multiple running comorbidities and less aggressive tumor behavior, and the absolute impact of adjuvant RT on local control can be low. This article aims to review the available literature about the impact of adjuvant RT, discussing characteristics to identify lower risk cases, and advantages and disadvantages of the omission of adjuvant radiotherapy in this group.
乳腺癌是一种在全球范围内高度流行的疾病,保乳手术(BCS)后辅助放疗(RT)被视为标准治疗方案。老年患者群体可能存在多种并存疾病,且肿瘤行为侵袭性较低,辅助放疗对局部控制的绝对影响可能较小。本文旨在综述关于辅助放疗影响的现有文献,讨论识别低风险病例的特征,以及该群体省略辅助放疗的利弊。