Pattern of practice of re-irradiation for ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence in Italy: a survey by the Italian Association of Radiotherapy and Clinical Oncology (AIRO)
Clin. transl. oncol. (Print)
; 26(3): 644-652, mar. 2024.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Purpose The Re-irradiation and the Breast Cancer Working Groups of the Italian Association of Radiotherapy and Clinical Oncology (AIRO) conducted a survey to provide an overview of the policies for breast cancer (BC) re-irradiation (re-RT) among the Italian radiotherapy (RT) centers. Methods In October 2021, 183 RT centers were invited to answer a survey after an initial section about general aspects, the questionnaire focused on radiation oncologists (ROs) attitude toward re-RT in three different scenarios ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) treated with second conservative surgery, IBTR treated with mastectomy and inoperable IBTR. Surveyed ROs were also asked to express their interest in being involved in a prospective trials. Results Seventy-seven/183 (42.0%) centers answered the Survey, only one RO per center was requested to answer. In particular, 86.5% ROs declared to have performed curative re-RT for IBTR during the previous two years (20192020) 76.7% respondents administered re-RT after second BCS, 50.9% after mastectomy, and 48.1% for inoperable IBTR. Re-RT practice varied widely among centers in terms of treatment volumes, dose and fractionation schedules, techniques and dose-volume constraints for organs at risks (OARs). Forty-six participants (59.7%) expressed their interest in participating in a prospective study investigating BC re-RT. Conclusions About one out of three RT centers in Italy delivered re-RT for IBTR. Nevertheless, practice of re-RT varied widely among centers highlighting the needs for prospective studies to improve knowledge in this field (AU)
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Collection:
National databases
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Spain
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Breast Neoplasms
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Re-Irradiation
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin. transl. oncol. (Print)
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
ASL Rome 1/Italy
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Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano/Italy
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Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS/Italy
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San Pio Hospital/Italy
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Santa Maria Goretti Hospital/Italy
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University of Messina/Italy
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University of Perugia and Perugia General Hospital/Italy