Course book Advanced Treatment Planning 2018

Introduction – Survival and Toxicity

During the last decades: Improved survival

Breast cancer screening

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• Improved imaging, e.g. digital mammography

• Improved surgical and radiotherapeutic techniques

• Increased use of and more effective systemic treatment

Treatment-induced toxicity in breast cancer survivors:

• Cardiac morbidity → decreased quality of life

Non-breast cancer mortality

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