Postoperative hypofractionated radiotherapy in conservatively operated breast cancer: evaluation of aesthetic outcomes
https://doi.org/10.4081/wpph.2014.6726
Accepted: 11 July 2016
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Objectives: data of 33 patients who underwent postoperative radiotherapy with modulated hypofractionation after breast cancer surgery in 2009-2010 were reviewed in order to analyze those acute and late sequelae (fibrosis, retraction, skin discoloration) that could affect the aesthetic outcome of the treatment itself. Methods: the acute toxicity, at the end of radiotherapy, was graded according to the RTOG scale, the late toxicity was evaluated following the SOMA-LENT scheme and the aesthetic result was studied using a visual scale. Results and conclusions: our results, both in terms of acute and late toxicity, also taking into account the aesthetic aspect were really encouraging, with absence of severe effects (G3).
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