BACKGROUND The aim of this planned research was to determine the comfort and anxiety levels of women with breast cancer receiving radiotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS This descriptive type study covered patients that applied to the radiation oncology breast polyclinic of our university hospital between January and May 2011. Patient Identification Form, Radiation Therapy Comfort Questionnaire (...

OBJECTIVE The effect of heparinoid moisturizer use after acute skin damage for patients receiving whole-breast radiotherapy after lumpectomy is understudied. METHODS A total of 30 patients were randomly assigned to receive heparinoid moisturizer (Group M), and 32 patients comprised the control group (Group C). Patients in Group M were instructed to apply heparinoid moisturizer from 2 weeks fo...

OBJECTIVE Planning of breast radiation for patients with breast conserving surgery often relies on clinical markers such as scars. Lately, surgical clips have been used to identify the tumor location. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the geographic miss index (GMI) and the normal tissue index (NTI) for the electron boost in breast cancer treatment plans with and without surgical clips....

Breast cancer is an important health problem that especially affects women. In breast where surgical procedures are the primary treatment modality, breast-conserving surgery with radiotherapy becoming more popular than mastectomy. Re-excision may be necessary in cases of recurrence or positive margins. Damage to cavity formed due scar formation old operation lodge make dissection difficult. Fai...

BACKGROUND Evidence shows ionizing radiation can cause lung cancer, but few studies have quantified risk in relation to radiation dose. PURPOSE This study evaluated the long-term risk of lung cancer among women treated with radiation for breast cancer. METHODS In this case-referent study, the Connecticut Tumor Registry was used to identify women diagnosed with histologically confirmed invas...

Purpose To investigate the incidence of skin acute reaction and its influencing factors in postoperative breast cancer radiotherapy patients. Methods One hundred and seventy three cases of breast cancer patients treated with postoperative radiotherapy were consecutively enrolled from June 1, 2016 to July 31, 2017 in our breast cancer center. Irradiation technology includes conformal intensity...

background: breast cancer is the most frequent malignant tumor in women worldwide. in recent years, defined reconstruction principles along with numerous surgical techniques with volume replacement have been published. autologous breast reconstruction is more natural but leaves donor site morbidity. it provides the opportunity to restore the breast mound without the need for scars. this study a...

The aim of this study was to investigate the breast lymph circulation and skin blood circulation after radiotherapy and breast conservation. In 23 patients who had undergone lumpectomy for breast cancer (mean age 58 years, range 44-75) and 12 patients with lumpectomy for benign lesions (mean age 51 years, range 33-72), lymph circulation in the breast was measured by 99mTc-nanocolloid clearance ...

background: we conducted a retrospective analysis to evaluate the impact of omission of supraclavicular radiotherapy on supraclavicular failure rate and treatment outcomes in n1 breast cancer patients with evaluation of prognostic factors that affected supraclavicular recurrence free survival. methods: this study analyzed the medical records of 109 patients with n1 breast cancer. all patients u...

Introduction: Breast conserving radiotherapy is one of the most common procedures performed in any radiation oncology department. A tangential parallel-opposed pair is usually used for this purpose. This technique is performed using 2D or 3D treatment planning systems. The aim of this study was to compare 2D treatment planning with 3D treatment planning in tangential irradiation in breast conse...