RT Book, Section
A1 Haffty, Bruce G.
A1 Narra, Venkat
A1 Yue, Ning J.
A2 Kuerer, Henry M.
SR Print(0)
ID 6417830
T1 Chapter 93. Conceptual Basis and Principles of Radiation Oncology
T2 Kuerer's Breast Surgical Oncology
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-160178-8
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6417830
RD 2024/04/16
AB As  a  discipline,  radiation  oncology  primarily  deals  with  the  use  of  ionizing  radiation  in  the  treatment  of  malignant  diseases.  Occasionally  therapeutic  doses  of  radiation  may  be  used  to  treat  benign  processes,  such  as  heterotopic  bone  formation,  meningiomas,  and  other  benign  proliferative  diseases.  Radiation  has  a  very  prominent  role  in  the  management  of  breast  cancer  after  lumpectomy,  as  adjuvant  therapy  after  mastectomy,  in  the  management  of  locoregional  relapse  of  disease,  and  in  the  palliation  of  metastatic  disease.  Management  of  breast  cancers  can  typically  cover  up  to  20%  to  25%  of  a  general  radiation  oncology  practice.  The  next  few  chapters  will  cover  in  more  detail  the  role  of  radiation  therapy  after  breast  conserving  therapy,  the  rapidly  evolving  role  of  partial  breast  irradiation,  postmastectomy  radiation,  and  the  role  of  radiation  in  palliation  and  metastatic  disease.