The standard treatment for breast cancer when cancer cells were found near or within the margins of the tissue that is removed during breast surgery, is radiation of the entire chest wall. This may be considered overtreatment since the only reason for doing so is that cancer cells were near or in the margins of the breast tissue that was removed. In this study, the amount of radiation treatment will be limited to the area where the remaining cancer cells were found after surgery. The purpose of this study is to find out if partial chest wall radiation therapy is as good as whole chest wall radiation therapy in reducing the risk of breast cancer cancer coming back.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Patients will receive radiation therapy (30 Gray in 5 fractions) to the affected chest wall, delivered on consecutive days or every other day
Stony Brook Cancer Center
Stony Brook, New York, United States
Breast cancer recurrence
Number of patients with recurrent breast cancer
Time frame: 5 years
Acute toxicity
Frequency of radiation-related adverse events
Time frame: 3 months
Delayed toxicity
Frequency of radiation-related adverse events
Time frame: 5 years
Surgical complications
Number of patients with surgical complications
Time frame: 5 years
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