Author

f/u* (mo’s)

Treatment

n

Breast Failure (%)

Cosmesis

Total

True**

Elsewhere

Good

Excellent

Formenti S [89]

NYU

>36

Prone

*25 - 30 Gy 5 fx 10 days,

10

0%

0%

0%

100%

Taghian [95]

Harvard

N.S.

*32 Gy 4 Gy bid × 8

61

N.S.

Vicini et al. [96]

William Beaumont

24

*34 or 38.5 Gy in 10 bid fx

91

0%

0%

0%

90%

Vicini et al. [107]

William Beaumont

10

*Supine

*38.5 Gy ? 3.85 Gy bid × 10

31

0%

0%

0%

100%

Pashtan [108]

71

*32 Gy ? 4Gy bid fx 8

98

5%

5%

0%

N.S.

Lei et al. [65]

Institutional Review Board

60

**38.5 Gy - 3.85 bid fx

136

<1%

0%

<1%

90.5%

Bergom et al. [103]

20

**38.5 Gy - 3.85 bid fx

19

0%

0%

0%

95%

Polgar [104]

122

WBI 50 Gy

130

4.6%

-

-

63%

PBI HDR 7 × 5.2 Gy

or EB 50 Gy

128

5.5%

81%

Livi [105]

U. Florence

60

WBI 50 Gy/25 F with 10 Gy boosts/5 F

260

1.4%

1.9%

0%

99.2%

IMRT 30 Gy/5 F

260

1.5%

1.5%

1.5%

100%

Coles [106]

IMPORT LOW

68.3

WBI 40 Gy/15 F

675

1.1%

-

-

-

WBI 36 Gy/15 F and

674

0.2%

-

-

-

APBI 40 Gy/15 F

APBI 40 Gy/15 F

669

0.5%

-

-

-