What Is Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI)?

Описание: What is accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI)? In this brief video, Maneesh Gossain, M.D., a board-certified radiation oncologist at Central Florida Cancer Care Center explains what Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI) is and how it can benefit patients with breast cancer.

“APBI is a relatively new treatment modality that we have implemented at the Cancer Care Center,” says Dr. Gossain. “It’s an alternative form of treatment that we started offering in 2007 to women to treat their breast cancers.” In effect, APBI reduces the length of treatment from five to seven weeks to five days.

“In the older days, previous options were external beam radiation which involves thirty-three daily fractions of radiations,” says Dr. Gossain. “This required that you come five days a week, thirty-three times. For the right candidate, we can treat that patient in ten fractions, and their treatment will be completed in a 5-day course rather than in a six-week and a half week course of radiation.”

“This is more convenient for the patient if they’re the right candidate. It’s important to talk to your surgeon and your radiation oncologist to see if that option works for you.”

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