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Are there local control and/or toxicity differences between multi-catheter interstitial versus balloon catheter techniques for APBI?

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Radiation Oncology · Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh

There are no randomized comparisons to guide local control outcomes between the two. That being said the local control rates are comparable in series evaluating interstitial (Hungarian trial, GEC-ESTRO) and prospective balloon/applicator (MammoSite Registry). B39 allowed for both but no data has bee...

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