Management and Workflow

Jana Jaal*, Philip Poortmans, Orit Kaidar-Person

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Radiation therapy (RT) is an important modality of breast cancer patients, regardless of disease stage. In breast cancer, in addition to curative indications, RT is a major modality for palliation or symptom control and, recently, used as an ablative non-invasive treatment to oligometastatic patients or in case of oligo-progression. New RT techniques and protocols (limited number of fractions) allow for minimal morbidity and minimal interference with quality of life (QOL) and other cancer treatments. There are a number of RT techniques, and different RT doses and fractionation, which are used according to the clinical indication. In some cases, concomitant treatment of systemic therapy and RT is indicated. However, RT is a complex modality, and there is a need for a multidisciplinary team of radiation oncologists, nurses, radiation technicians, dosimetrists and physicists to plan and apply treatments. These new indications for RT, together with the global increase in cancer incidence and higher need for RT, put much higher demands on efficient treatment management and workflow. Therefore, this section will discuss workflow adjustment and optimisation processes and give additionally some practical hints that are based on experience at several radiation oncology departments.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBreast Cancer Radiation Therapy
Subtitle of host publicationA Practical Guide for Technical Applications
EditorsOrit Kaidar-Person, Icro Meattini, Philip Poortmans
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Pages61-66
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9783030911706
ISBN (Print)9783030911690
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2022

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