Accelerating adjuvant breast irradiation in women over 65 years: Matched case analysis comparing a 5-fractions schedule with 15 fractions in early and locally advanced breast cancer

Hans Van Hulle; Dieter Naudts; Ellen Deschepper; Vincent Vakaet; Leen Paelinck; Giselle Post; Annick Van Greveling; Bruno Speleers; Pieter Deseyne; Yolande Lievens; Wilfried De Neve; Liv Veldeman; Chris Monten

doi:10.1016/j.jgo.2019.04.007

Accelerating adjuvant breast irradiation in women over 65 years: Matched case analysis comparing a 5-fractions schedule with 15 fractions in early and locally advanced breast cancer

J Geriatr Oncol. 2019 Nov;10(6):987-989. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2019.04.007. Epub 2019 Apr 17.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Human structure and repair, Ghent University, Belgium. Electronic address: Hans.VanHulle@Ugent.be.
² Department of Human structure and repair, Ghent University, Belgium. Electronic address: Dieter.Naudts@Ugent.be.
³ Biostatistics Unit, Department of Public Health and primary care, Ghent University, Belgium. Electronic address: Ellen.Deschepper@Ugent.be.
⁴ Department of Human structure and repair, Ghent University, Belgium; Department of Radiation Oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium. Electronic address: Vincent.Vakaet@Ugent.be.
⁵ Department of Radiation Oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium. Electronic address: Leen.Paelinck@Uzgent.be.
⁶ Department of Human structure and repair, Ghent University, Belgium. Electronic address: Giselle.Post@Ugent.be.
⁷ Department of Radiation Oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium. Electronic address: Annick.VanGreveling@Uzgent.be.
⁸ Department of Human structure and repair, Ghent University, Belgium. Electronic address: Speleers.Bruno@Ugent.be.
⁹ Department of Human structure and repair, Ghent University, Belgium; Department of Radiation Oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium. Electronic address: Pieter.Deseyne@Uzgent.be.
¹⁰ Department of Human structure and repair, Ghent University, Belgium; Department of Radiation Oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium. Electronic address: Yolande.Lievens@Uzgent.be.
¹¹ Department of Human structure and repair, Ghent University, Belgium; Department of Radiation Oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium. Electronic address: Wilfried.DeNeve@Uzgent.be.
¹² Department of Human structure and repair, Ghent University, Belgium; Department of Radiation Oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium. Electronic address: Liv.Veldeman@Uzgent.be.
¹³ Department of Human structure and repair, Ghent University, Belgium; Department of Radiation Oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium. Electronic address: Chris.Monten@Uzgent.be.

PMID: 31003917
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2019.04.007

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Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Breast Neoplasms / pathology
Breast Neoplasms / therapy*
Case-Control Studies
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
Dose Fractionation, Radiation
Female
Humans
Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / adverse effects
Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / methods*