Early breast cancer (stage i and II): Tailored radiotherapy for very young women

Abstract

Breast irradiation is an essential component in the breast-conserving treatment of early breast cancer, either invasive [1-9], or in situ [10-12]. Numerous studies have provided evidence of the negative impact of young age on the risk of locoregional recurrences, which raises the issues of the potential radiation resistance of breast cancer in young patients, ways to predict this radioresistance in groups of patients, and the ways to overcome this resistance. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006.