Imaging for early stage breast cancer

Definitions

Early side effects : during and up to 3 months after RT, reversible

Skin erythema, dry or moist desquamation, nausea and dyspnoea (if periclavicular field)

Late side effects : from 3 months post RT to many years, often irreversible and may be progressive in severity Fibrosis, atrophy, vascular damage, neural damage, rib fractures, heart disease and lung fibrosis, secondary malignancy