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Validating the efficacy of single-stage breast-conserving therapy using multicatheter partial-breast brachytherapy based on updated ASTRO guidelines.
Journal of Radiation Research 2018 May 2
Based on the accumulating evidence for equivalent results of partial-breast irradiation (PBI) and whole-breast irradiation (WBI) in breast-conserving therapy (BCT), the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) updated the consensus statement (CS) to expand the range of potential candidates for PBI outside clinical trials. Of the various techniques, PBI using multicatheter interstitial brachytherapy (MCB) is the oldest and has long-term data. In this study, the efficacy of single-stage BCT using MCB-PBI achieved by an intraoperative catheter placement was validated on updated ASTRO guidelines. We retrospectively examined patients undergoing BCT using MCB-PBI or WBI. The updated CS distinguished patients aged 40-49 years with ER+, tumor ≤2 cm, and margin ≥2 mm from unsuitable patients in the previous CS. We compared the ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) rate in MCB-PBI with that in WBI patients with suitable or cautionary (S/C) categories on the updated CS. Between November 2007 and September 2017, 641 patients with 647 lesions underwent BCT (MCB-PBI, 407; WBI, 240). At the median follow-up time of 54.4 months, we observed 8 (1.97%; 95% CI: 0.62-3.31%) and 7 (2.92%; 95% CI: 0.79-5.05%) IBTRs, respectively. Updating the CS increased the S/C patients receiving MCB-PBI from 232 patients (57.0%) to 319 (78.4%). Comparison of clinical outcomes at the 12-month minimum follow-up between 291 MCB-PBI and 103 WBI in S/C patients showed no significant differences in the 4-year rate of IBTR-free (100% vs 98.9%; P = 0.29) and disease-free survival (98.7% vs 95.5%; P = 0.24). Overall, single-stage BCT using MCB-PBI offered similar tumor control rates, compared with WBI, on the updated ASTRO CS.
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