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Hopeful · 02-10-2011, 08:22 AM

Brenda,

I am in a clinical trial to compare partial breast irradiation to standard full breast irradiation (I was in the control group, and got standard therapy). The PBI delivered could have been via mammosite, IMRT, or one other form which I cannot recall, at the discretion of the treating physician. We have been waiting to see preliminary results, which have not been released yet. My rads onc presumes it is because there have been too few incidents to distinguish if there is a difference yet. When we get any info on the study results, I will post them. I have not seen any info on mammosite being inferior to standard therapy, only that there was a high risk of developing a seroma with that tx.

Regards,

Hopeful

02-10-2011, 08:22 AM	#3
Hopeful Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,380	Re: Mammosite Radiation Brenda, I am in a clinical trial to compare partial breast irradiation to standard full breast irradiation (I was in the control group, and got standard therapy). The PBI delivered could have been via mammosite, IMRT, or one other form which I cannot recall, at the discretion of the treating physician. We have been waiting to see preliminary results, which have not been released yet. My rads onc presumes it is because there have been too few incidents to distinguish if there is a difference yet. When we get any info on the study results, I will post them. I have not seen any info on mammosite being inferior to standard therapy, only that there was a high risk of developing a seroma with that tx. Regards, Hopeful