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SUBMITTER: Kinj R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6136182 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Radiation oncology (London, England) 20180912 1
<h4>Background</h4>To analyze the clinical outcome of elderly women with early breast cancer who underwent accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) based on a post-operative single fraction of multicatheter interstitial high dose-rate brachytherapy (MIB).<h4>Methods</h4>A single institution retrospective cohort study was performed focusing on elderly patients (≥ 65 years old) presenting a low-risk breast carcinoma treated by lumpectomy plus axillary evaluation followed by MIB. A single frac ...[more]