ESTRO Multidisciplinary Management of Breast Cancer 2017

Take Home Messages (1)

• Cosmetic outcome after BCT varies from 56 - 92%

• Interpretation of literature difficult due to differences in endpoints and duration of follow-up

• Most important factor seems to be: cosmesis prior to RT

• Other factors that worsen cosmetic outcome:

• Inhomogeneous dose distribution, high EQD2, large boost volumes, young age, large breast size, smoking, chemotherapy

• Questionable influence:

• Endocrine therapy, oncoplastic surgery