Re-irradiation with hyperthermia in patients with recurrent breast cancer
In the Daniel den Hoed Cancer Centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, patients with recurrent breast cancer within a previously irradiated area, are treated by application of hyperthermia in addition to reirradiation. In this development, the following issues are important: (a) the choice of an effect...
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Published in | Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde Vol. 143; no. 2; p. 80 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | Dutch |
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Netherlands
09.01.1999
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Summary: | In the Daniel den Hoed Cancer Centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, patients with recurrent breast cancer within a previously irradiated area, are treated by application of hyperthermia in addition to reirradiation. In this development, the following issues are important: (a) the choice of an effective and tolerable reirradiation schedule; (b) the establishment of the limitations of the hyperthermia techniques available; (c) the finding that additional hyperthermia has to be applied to the total tissue volume at risk for tumour recurrence; (d) the assessment of the value of additional hyperthermia by a randomised study. With the reirradiation schedule of 8 x 4 Gy and the hyperthermia application technique at present available, local control is achieved in 76% of the patients for a median duration of 32 months. The probability of local control is related to tumour size. The treatment is tolerated well, with acceptable toxicity. In patients with recurrent breast cancer in a previously irradiated area, combined reirradiation and hyperthermia is very effective, well tolerated and little toxic. |
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ISSN: | 0028-2162 |