Imaging for early stage breast cancer

Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation – ready for prime time

V.Strnad

~14.000 patients

Trial

Participants Technique

n

Study period

APBI technique options

Budapest

Hungary

HDR-iBT, é

258

1998-2004

TARGIT

Multicentric

IORT 50kV

2232 2000-2009

ELIOT

Milano

IORT - é

1306 2000-2007

External Beam

Brachytherapy

IORT

GEC-ESTRO Europe,

HDR-/PDR-iBT

1184 2004-2009

multicentric

NSABP-B39/ RTOG-0413

USA, multicentric

3D-RT, HDR-iBT

~4300 2005-2013

50 kV

Single catheter

é

Multicatheter interstitial

Florence

Italy

IMRT

520 2005-2013

RAPID

Canada, multicentric

3D-CRT

2128 2006-2011

Barcelona

Spain

3D-CRT

102 2007-2010

IMPORT-LOW UK,

IMRT

1935 2006-2011

University Hospital Erlangen

multicentric