Published September 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

ESTRO-ACROP guideline: Interstitial multi-catheter breast brachytherapy as Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation alone or as boost – GEC-ESTRO Breast Cancer Working Group practical recommendations

  • 1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Erlangen (Germany)
  • 2. Center of Radiotherapy, National Institute of Oncology Budapest (Hungary)
  • 3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia (Spain)
  • 4. Department of Radiation Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology Barcelona (Spain)
  • 5. Department of Radiation Therapy, Evangelische Kliniken, Gelsenkirchen (Germany)
  • 6. Department of Radiotherapy, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven (Belgium)
  • 7. IMOR Foundation, Medical Institute for Radiotherapy and Oncology, Barcelona (Spain)
  • 8. Department of Radiation Therapy, Sana Hospital Offenbach (Germany)
  • 9. Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Bern, Inselspital (Switzerland)
  • 10. Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Antoine Lacassagne, Nice (France)

Description

Purpose: This consensus statement from the Breast Cancer Working Group of Groupe Européen de Curiethérapie of European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (GEC-ESTRO) aims at generating practical guidelines for multi-catheter image-guided brachytherapy in the conservative management of breast cancer patients used for either Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI) or for a breast boost.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2018.04.009

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.radonc.2018.04.009;
PII
S016781401830197X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Radiotherapy and Oncology
Journal Volume
128
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 411-420
ISSN
0167-8140
CODEN
RAONDT

INIS

Country of Publication
Ireland
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
50081063
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
BRACHYTHERAPY; MAMMARY GLANDS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; RECOMMENDATIONS
Descriptors DEC
BODY; DISEASES; GLANDS; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ORGANS; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; THERAPY

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