Imaging for early stage breast cancer

Long-term outcomes of proton beam RT, Study from Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

Conclusion: Local control identical with protons and photons 5 yr late morbidity is worse with protons compared to photons in this study

However, small study and the group from Boston recommends to use more fields, and treat all fields during every fraction. Use pencil beam scanning technique to minimize skin dose

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