January 2009

Editorial Board
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Contents
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Systematic review

Accelerated partial breast irradiation as part of breast conserving therapy of early breast carcinoma: A systematic review
• Birgitte V. Offersen,
• Marie Overgaard,
• Niels Kroman,
• Jens Overgaard
Published online: September 10, 2008
p1-13

Review

Local relapse rates are falling after breast conserving surgery and systemic therapy for early breast cancer: Can radiotherapy ever be safely withheld?
• Mariella Mannino,
• John R. Yarnold
Published online: May 27, 2008
p14-22

Original articles

Partial breast irradiation as sole therapy for low risk breast carcinoma: Early toxicity, cosmesis and quality of life results of a MammoSite brachytherapy phase II study
• Yazid Belkacémi,
• Marie-Pierre Chauvet,
• Sylvia Giard,
• ...
• Marie-Christine Baranzelli,
• Jacques Bonneterre,
• Eric Lartigau
Published online: August 11, 2008
p23-29

Pulsed dose rate brachytherapy as the sole adjuvant radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery of T1–T2 breast cancer: First long time results from a clinical study
• Bengt Johansson,
• Leif Karlsson,
• Göran Liljegren,
• Lennart Hardell,
• Jan Persliden
Published online: April 14, 2008
p30-35

Clinical implementation of a new HDR brachytherapy device for partial breast irradiation
• Daniel J. Scanderbeg,
• Catheryn Yashar,
• Roger Rice,
• Todd Pawlicki
Published online: October 27, 2008
p36-42

Computed tomography for excision cavity localization and 3D-treatment planning in partial breast irradiation with high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy
• Cynthia Aristei,
• Roberto Tarducci,
• Isabella Palumbo,
• ...
• Antonio Rulli,
• Carlo Raymondi,
• Paolo Latini
Published online: November 23, 2007
p43-47

Dosimetric experience with accelerated partial breast irradiation using image-guided interstitial brachytherapy
• Tibor Major,
• Georgina Fröhlich,
• Katalin Lövey,
• János Fodor,
• Csaba Polgár
Published online: November 23, 2007
p48-55

An anthropomorphic phantom study of visualisation of surgical clips for partial breast irradiation (PBI) setup verification
• Carys W. Thomas,
• Alan M. Nichol,
• Julie E. Park,
• ...
• Alison A. Giddings,
• Sheri Grahame,
• Karl Otto
Published online: April 17, 2008
p56-59

Significance of breast boost volume changes during radiotherapy in relation to current clinical interobserver variations
• Coen Hurkmans,
• Marjan Admiraal,
• Maurice van der Sangen,
• Ingrid Dijkmans
Published online: January 21, 2008
p60-65

Dosimetric comparison of four different external beam partial breast irradiation techniques: Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiotherapy, helical tomotherapy, and proton beam therapy
• Sung Ho Moon,
• Kyung Hwan Shin,
• Tae Hyun Kim,
• ...
• Dae Woong Kim,
• Sung Yong Park,
• Kwan Ho Cho
Published online: November 07, 2008
p66-73

High local recurrence risk is not associated with large survival reduction after postmastectomy radiotherapy in high-risk breast cancer: A subgroup analysis of DBCG 82 b&c
• Marianne Kyndi,
• Marie Overgaard,
• Hanne M. Nielsen,
• Flemming B. Sørensen,
• Helle Knudsen,
• Jens Overgaard
Published online: May 09, 2008
p74-79

Impact of the boost dose of 10 Gy versus 26 Gy in patients with early stage breast cancer after a microscopically incomplete lumpectomy: 10-year results of the randomised EORTC boost trial
• Philip M. Poortmans,
• Laurence Collette,
• Jean-Claude Horiot,
• ...
• Erik Van Limbergen,
• Harry Bartelink
• On behalf of the EORTC Radiation Oncology and Breast Cancer Groups
Published online: August 19, 2008
p80-85

Phase I–II studies on accelerated IMRT in breast carcinoma: Technical comparison and acute toxicity in 332 patients
• Alessio G. Morganti,
• Savino Cilla,
• Vincenzo Valentini,
• ...
• Luigi Sofo,
• Angelo Piermattei,
• Giovanni Scambia
Published online: November 17, 2008
p86-92

Inter-fraction motion and dosimetric consequences during breast intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT)
• Pooja Jain,
• Tom Marchant,
• Melanie Green,
• ...
• Brian Magee,
• Christopher Moore,
• Pat Price
Published online: November 14, 2008
p93-98

Helical tomotherapy for locoregional irradiation including the internal mammary chain in left-sided breast cancer: Dosimetric evaluation
• Jean-Michel Caudrelier,
• Scott C. Morgan,
• Lynn Montgomery,
• Manon Lacelle,
• Balazs Nyiri,
• Miller MacPherson
Published online: November 03, 2008
p99-105

Use of skin markers and electronic portal imaging to improve verification of tangential breast irradiation
• Anke van der Salm,
• Jennifer Strijbos,
• Colette Dijcks,
• Lars Murrer,
• Jacques Borger,
• Liesbeth Boersma
Published online: June 16, 2008
p106-109

Surgical clips for position verification and correction of non-rigid breast tissue in simultaneously integrated boost (SIB) treatments
• Joan Penninkhof,
• Sandra Quint,
• Hans de Boer,
• Jan Willem Mens,
• Ben Heijmen,
• Maarten Dirkx
Published online: November 17, 2008
p110-115

Special focus on cardiac toxicity of different sequences of adjuvant doxorubicin/docetaxel/CMF regimens combined with radiotherapy in breast cancer patients
• Nicolas Magné,
• Pierre Castadot,
• Cyrus Chargari,
• Angelo Di Leo,
• Catherine Philippson,
• Paul Van Houtte
Published online: November 17, 2008
p116-121
Acute cardiotoxicity with concurrent trastuzumab and radiotherapy including internal mammary chain nodes: A retrospective single-institution study
• Richard Shaffer,
• Scott Tyldesley,
• Martin Rolles,
• Stephen Chia,
• Islam Mohamed
Published online: October 31, 2008
p122-126

Cardiac doses from Swedish breast cancer radiotherapy since the 1950s
• Carolyn W. Taylor,
• Andrew Nisbet,
• Paul McGale,
• ...
• Sarah C. Darby,
• Per Hall,
• Giovanna Gagliardi
Published online: November 13, 2008
p127-135

Thrombin generation as a predictor of radiotherapy induced skin erythema
• Lisa F. Lincz,
• Sanjiv A. Gupta,
• Christopher R. Wratten,
• ...
• Peter C. O’Brien,
• Katy J.L. Bell,
• James W. Denham
Published online: November 14, 2008
p136-140

Incidence of severe capsular contracture following implant-based immediate breast reconstruction with or without postoperative chest wall radiotherapy using 40 Gray in 15 fractions
• Gillian A. Whitfield,
• Gail Horan,
• Michael S. Irwin,
• Charles M. Malata,
• Gordon C. Wishart,
• Charles B. Wilson
Published online: November 03, 2008
p141-147

Late regional density changes of the lung after radiotherapy for breast cancer
• Randi Vågane,
• Turi Danielsen,
• Sophie Dorothea Fosså,
• Erik Løkkevik,
• Dag Rune Olsen
Published online: February 13, 2008
p148-152

How do radiation oncology health professionals inform breast cancer patients about the medical and technical aspects of their treatment?
• Georgia K.B. Halkett,
• Michala Short,
• Linda J. Kristjanson
Published online: June 16, 2008
p153-159

Letters to the Editor

Progressive inflammatory breast cancer in patient receiving chemotherapy: The importance of radiotherapy as a part of locoregional treatment
• Cyrus Chargari,
• Youlia M. Kirova,
• Paul Cottu,
• Rémy J. Salmon,
• Alain Fourquet
Published online: September 04, 2008
p160-161
Accelerated partial breast irradiation
• Budhi Singh Yadav
Published online: October 26, 2007
p161
Exploring the role of BRCA1, BRCA2 and RAD51 as biomarkers for breast cancer
• D. Ziogas,
• T. Liakakos,
• E. Lykoudis,
• E. Fatourou,
• D.H. Roukos
Published online: March 17, 2008
p161-162