Breast cancer / [edited by] Alphonse G. Taghian, Michele Y. Halyard.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The history of local treatment for breast cancer / Sean M. McBride and Alphonse G. Taghian -- The role of radiation therapy in ductal carcinoma in situ / Parima Daroui and Bruce G. Haffty -- Advances in accelerated partial breast irradiation / J. Ben Wilkinson, Laurie Cuttino, and Frank Vicini -- Hypofractionation for breast cancer / Navita Somaiah and John Yarnold -- The role of postmastectomy radiotherapy in the treatment of breast cancer / Abram Recht -- Radiation therapy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for operable breast cancer / Barbara Fowble -- Postmastectomy radiotherapy and breast reconstruction : emerging trends and controversies / Nisha Ohri, Beryl McCormick, and Alice Ho -- Local recurrence and biological subtypes of breast cancer / Nils D. Arvold and Alphonse G. Taghian -- Adjuvant breast radiotherapy using intensity-modulated radiation therapy : should it be used routinely? / Jean-Philippe Pignol, Ivo A. Olivotto, and Margriet G.A. Sattler -- Proton radiation for breast cancer / Shannon M. MacDonald -- Radiation-induced heart disease in women receiving adjuvant radiation therapy for breast cancer : pathophysiology, epidemiology, and prevention / Neil K. Taunk and Robert G. Prosnitz -- Individualizing risk of locoregional recurrence with molecular and genomic classifiers / Eleftherios P. Mamounas and Mita S. Patel -- Current and future state of breast radiation therapy / Paula H.M. Elkhuizen and Harry Bartelink.

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