Moustafa Aldaly, Azza Hussien, Inas Mohsen El-Nadi, Nabila Ibrahim Laz, Amira S A Said, Mohammad M Al-Ahmad, Raghda R S Hussein, Al Shaimaa Ibrahim Rabie, Ahmed Hassan Shaaban
BACKGROUND: Multimodality is required for the treatment of breast cancer. Surgery, radiation (RT), and systemic therapy were traditionally used. Pharmacotherapy includes different drug mechanisms, such as chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and targeted therapies, alone or in combination with radiotherapy. While radiation offers numerous benefits, it also has certain harmful risks. such as cardiac and pulmonary toxicity, lymphedema, and secondary cancer. Modern radiation techniques have been developed to reduce organs at risk (OAR) doses...
December 11, 2023: Cancers