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Ultrahypofractionation in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

July 13, 2022 Sara Beltrán Ponce

The July 2022 #RadOnc #JC will focus on ultrahypofractionation in early-stage breast cancer. The July 16th-17th Journal Club will begin Saturday, July 16th at 8am CST and go through Sunday,...

One and 80% done? Intraoperative radiation therapy as a partial breast irradiation technique for early stage breast cancer

September 13, 2020 Matthew Katz

For our September #radonc #jc we will be discussing partial breast irradiation (PBI), focusing on intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) as part of breast conserving therapy. As the trend toward de-escalation...

Delay in initiating radiotherapy for breast cancer

January 23, 2017 Richard Simcock

Everyone will remember 2016. The history books will discuss the seismic political changes and we may remember what seems like a premature and cruel list of deaths amongst the famous....

Radiation’s Role for Breast Cancer Nodes: Assessing Risk

October 22, 2016 Matthew Katz

Radiation has an essential role in breast cancer, complementing surgery to prevent recurrences and improve survival. To determine when radiation helps treat lymph nodes in breast cancer, we need to...

Regional Nodal Irradiation in Clinically Node-Negative Breast Cancer: It’s Complicated

October 21, 2016 Matthew Katz

Two large clinical trials, NCIC MA-20 and EORTC 22922,1,2 raised a lot of interest in when radiation helps for treating lymph nodes in breast cancer. I heard from a lot of...

Cardiac Side Effects from Breast Radiotherapy

January 22, 2016 Richard Simcock

In January we are having a second #radonc Journal club and our first at an earlier time for European contributors. On Sunday 24th January at 8pm 9pm GMT (2...

Shave Margins in Breast Cancer Surgery

July 11, 2015 Matthew Katz

Most women with breast cancer want to preserve their breasts but if additional surgery is required, cosmetic outcomes worsen. Please join us for the July journal club to discuss: ...

Bilateral Mastectomy for Breast Cancer: #RadOnc Twitter Journal Club 9/19-21

September 15, 2014 Miriam Knoll

The September #RadOnc Journal Club will be discussing the following article: Use of and mortality after bilateral mastectomy compared with other surgical treatments for breast cancer in California, 1998-2011 Kurian...

Benefit of Radiotherapy in Older Women with Early Stage Breast Cancer

July 20, 2014 Miriam Knoll

For some older women with early stage, ER+ breast cancer, radiotherapy after lumpectomy may not be necessary. But some women 70 years or older may benefit, and it’s worth at...

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