Recent advances in the use of radiotherapy to treat early breast cancer

The past decade has seen significant advances in the delivery of radiotherapy for breast cancer. This article presents an overview of the most recent advances in radiotherapy for early breast cancer with emphasis on English-language articles published since 1 July 2003.Breast radiotherapy is usually well tolerated. However, the uptake of radiotherapy in the management of breast cancer is less than ideal. Recent research efforts in radiation...