Less skin toxicity in big-breasted women treated for breast cancer by radiotherapy in prone position
Treatment in the prone position decreases desquamation in women with large breast sizes receiving adjuvant radiotherapy, according to the recent research published in JAMA Oncology. The research also showed increased toxic effects using a radiotherapy boost and conventional fractionation.
Women with large breast size treated with adjuvant breast radiotherapy have a high rate of acute toxic effects of the skin. Breast radiotherapy in the prone position is one strategy that may decrease these toxic effects. In phase 3, multicenter, single-blind randomized clinical trial, the authors Danny Vesprini et. al tried To determine if breast RT in the prone position reduces acute toxic effects of the skin when compared with treatment in the supine position.
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