Author(s)

Navesh K. Sharma^1*, Umer Ansari², Gregory Churchill³, Kruti Patel², Steven Feigenberg²

¹Division of Radiation Oncology, Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, Hershey, PA, USA.
²Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
³College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of New England, Biddeford, ME, USA.

Accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) has been proposed as an alternative to whole breast radiotherapy in select patients undergoing post lumpectomy radiation therapy as part of a breast conserving approach. This comprehensive review attempts to assess the current literature and identify appropriate patients as well as supportive data.

APBI, Breast Cancer, Breast Radiation, Partial Breast

Sharma, N. , Ansari, U. , Churchill, G. , Patel, K. and Feigenberg, S. (2018) Assessment of Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation as Monotherapy Following Breast Conserving Surgery in the Treatment of Favorable Risk Breast Cancer. Advances in Breast Cancer Research, 7, 33-64. doi: 10.4236/abcr.2018.71004.