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Letter. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy for the treatment of breast cancer

Letter. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy for the treatment of breast cancer
Letter. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy for the treatment of breast cancer
In the systematic review of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in the treatment of breast cancer reported in Clinical Oncology by Dayes and colleagues [1], the only prospective randomised clinical trial (n = 306) testing forward-planned IMRT to have reported a 5 year outcome for adverse effects [2] was excluded on the spurious grounds that no outcomes of interest were reported (Appendix 3). In this trial, the control arm patients were 1.7 times more likely to have a change in breast appearance than the IMRT arm patients after adjustment for the year of photographic assessment (95% confidence interval 1.2–2.5, P = 0.008).
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Coles, C.E.
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Coles, C.E., Donovan, E., Haviland, J.S. and Yarnold, J. (2013) Letter. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy for the treatment of breast cancer. Clinical Oncology, 25 (3), 215-215. (doi:10.1016/j.clon.2012.11.003).

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In the systematic review of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in the treatment of breast cancer reported in Clinical Oncology by Dayes and colleagues [1], the only prospective randomised clinical trial (n = 306) testing forward-planned IMRT to have reported a 5 year outcome for adverse effects [2] was excluded on the spurious grounds that no outcomes of interest were reported (Appendix 3). In this trial, the control arm patients were 1.7 times more likely to have a change in breast appearance than the IMRT arm patients after adjustment for the year of photographic assessment (95% confidence interval 1.2–2.5, P = 0.008).

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e-pub ahead of print date: 3 December 2012
Published date: March 2013
Organisations: Faculty of Health Sciences

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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/365654
ISSN: 0936-6555
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Author: C.E. Coles
Author: E. Donovan
Author: J.S. Haviland
Author: J. Yarnold

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