Interstitial multicatheter HDR-brachytherapy as accelerated partial breast irradiation after second breast-conserving surgery for locally recurrent breast cancer

  • Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of interstitial multicatheter high dose rate brachytherapy (imHDR- BRT) as accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) after second breast-conserving surgery (BCS) in patients with ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR). Between January 2010 and December 2019, 20 patients with IBTR who refused salvage mastectomy (sMT) were treated with second BCS and post-operative imHDR-BRT as APBI. All patients had undergone primary BCS followed by adjuvant external beam radiotherapy. Median imHDR-BRT dose was 32 Gy delivered in twice-daily fractions of 4 Gy. Five-year IBTR-free survival, distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS), overall survival (OS) as well as toxicity and cosmesis were evaluated in the present retrospective analysis. Median age at recurrence and median time from the first diagnosis to IBTR was 65.1 years and 12.2 years, respectively. After a median follow-up of 69.9 months, two patients developed a second local recurrence resulting in 5-year IBTR free-survival of 86.8%. Five-year DMFS and 5-year OS were 84.6% and 92.3%, respectively. Grade 1–2 fibrosis was noted in 60% of the patients with no grade 3 or higher toxicity. Two (10%) cases of asymptomatic fat necrosis were documented. Cosmetic outcome was classified as excellent in 6 (37.5%), good in 6 (37.5%), fair in 3 (18.75%) and poor in 1 (6.25%) patient, respectively. We conclude that imHDR-BRT as APBI re-irradiation is effective and safe for IBTR and should be considered in appropriately selected patients.
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Author:Georgios ChatzikonstantinouORCiDGND, Iosif Strouthos, Christian ScherfORCiD, Janett KöhnGND, Christine SolbachORCiDGND, Claus RödelORCiDGND, Nikolaos TselisGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-611093
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/jrr/rrab004
ISSN:1349-9157
Parent Title (English):Journal of radiation research
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Place of publication:Oxford
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2021/02/19
Date of first Publication:2021/02/19
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2021/06/09
Tag:breast cancer; interstitial multicatheter brachytherapy; local recurrence; salvage mastectomy
Volume:62
Issue:3
Page Number:8
First Page:465
Last Page:472
HeBIS-PPN:484714104
Institutes:Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Open-Access-Publikationsfonds:Medizin
Licence (English):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 4.0