Advances in Breast Cancer Radiotherapy: Implications for Current and Future Practice
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Oncology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 3737
Special Issue Editor
2. Rural Clinical School, Northwest Regional Hospital, University of Tasmania, Burnie, TAS 7320, Australia
Interests: breast cancer; radiotherapy; radiation oncology; molecular genetics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer in women and the second most common cause of cancer death. Radiotherapy is one of the pillars of breast cancer treatment. It is an exciting time in breast cancer radiotherapy, where the landscapes for diagnosis, treatment and prognosis are rapidly evolving. You are invited to contribute to this Special Issue of JCM entitled “Advances in Breast Cancer Radiotherapy: Implications for Current and Future Practice”.
Molecular biology is impacting the breast cancer treatment with the development of prognostic gene expression signatures. In early breast cancer, the eligibility criteria for the omission of post-lumpectomy radiotherapy are expanding, while hypofractionation has impacted standard practice and is being actively explored in locally advanced disease; its extension to ultrahypofractionation is revolutionizing treatment schemes. The indications for postmastectomy radiotherapy are actively evolving, while subsets of breast cancer patients with oligometastatic disease, suitable for ablative radiotherapy, are actively being sought.
We look forward to receiving your submissions to this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Michael J. McKay
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- breast conserving surgery
- post-mastectomy radiotherapy
- accelerated partial breast irradiation
- radiotherapy hypofractionation
- radiotherapy hypofractionation and ultrahypofractionation
- metastasis-directed therapy
- radiotherapy clinical trials
- breast cancer
- radiotherapy
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