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Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have challenged the need for routine radiation therapy (RT) in women ≥ age 70 with favorable early stage breast cancer (BC) due to modest improvement in local control and no survival benefit. We studied practice patterns in RT among elderly women in the United States. We analyzed data from the National Cancer Database (NCDB) of women ≥age 70 diagnosed with T1 or...
We evaluated the proportion of patients eligible for alternatives to standard whole breast irradiation (WBI) following breast‐conserving surgery using the National Cancer Database (NCDB). Using the 2016 dataset, Stage I‐III patients were identified. Eligibility for hypofractionated WBI (HFRT), accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) and endocrine therapy (ET‐alone) was defined using eligibility...
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