M Ioakeim-Ioannidou, R W Gao, S A Dunn, W S Harmsen, N Smith, T C Mullikin, C Harless, J Connoly, J C Keenan, J C Boughey, L Liu, D Shumway, S M MacDonald, K S Corbin, R W Mutter, A Y Ho
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S): Proton therapy improves postmastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) normal tissue sparing compared with photon techniques. However, little is understood about its effect on reconstruction outcomes. The primary objective was to evaluate complication rates in breast cancer patients treated with proton (PRO) versus photon (PHO) PMRT following immediate, implant-based breast reconstruction. MATERIALS/METHODS: Consecutive patients with breast cancer who underwent mastectomy and immediate reconstruction with a tissue expander (TE) or permanent implant (PI) and PRO or PHO PMRT between 2011 and 2022 were included from two institutions...
October 1, 2023: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics