Factors Influencing Late Breast Toxicity After Radiotherapy: A Scoping Review

Radiation therapy offers well-established benefits in enhancing loco-regional control, distant disease control, and breast-cancer-specific survival. However, it is not without its challenges, particularly in breast cancer patients, where advances in systemic therapies and other treatment modalities...

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Main Authors: Riccardo Ray Colciago, Chiara Chissotti, Federica Ferrario, Ilenia Manno, Matteo Mombelli, Giulia Rossano, Lorenzo De Sanctis, Stefano Arcangeli
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6411/5/2/13
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Chiara Chissotti
Federica Ferrario
Ilenia Manno
Matteo Mombelli
Giulia Rossano
Lorenzo De Sanctis
Stefano Arcangeli
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Chiara Chissotti
Federica Ferrario
Ilenia Manno
Matteo Mombelli
Giulia Rossano
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description Radiation therapy offers well-established benefits in enhancing loco-regional control, distant disease control, and breast-cancer-specific survival. However, it is not without its challenges, particularly in breast cancer patients, where advances in systemic therapies and other treatment modalities have significantly improved survival outcomes. As radiation oncologists, our responsibility is to deliver the most effective treatments while minimizing toxicity for each patient. This scoping review aims to retrieve and assess the literature on factors associated with increased radiation-induced late breast toxicity. Specifically, we seek to identify both non-modifiable variables and those that can be influenced by the choices made by radiation oncologists. This review highlights which clinical decisions could directly impact late breast toxicity following adjuvant radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery.
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spelling doaj-art-7552ea2895b44fefa3a56e1284b891892025-08-20T03:26:17ZengMDPI AGBioChem2673-64112025-05-01521310.3390/biochem5020013Factors Influencing Late Breast Toxicity After Radiotherapy: A Scoping ReviewRiccardo Ray Colciago0Chiara Chissotti1Federica Ferrario2Ilenia Manno3Matteo Mombelli4Giulia Rossano5Lorenzo De Sanctis6Stefano Arcangeli7Medicine and Surgery Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 20126 Milano, ItalyRadiation Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, 20900 Monza, ItalyRadiation Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, 20900 Monza, ItalyMedicine and Surgery Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 20126 Milano, ItalyMedicine and Surgery Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 20126 Milano, ItalyMedicine and Surgery Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 20126 Milano, ItalyMedicine and Surgery Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 20126 Milano, ItalyMedicine and Surgery Department, University of Milan Bicocca, 20126 Milano, ItalyRadiation therapy offers well-established benefits in enhancing loco-regional control, distant disease control, and breast-cancer-specific survival. However, it is not without its challenges, particularly in breast cancer patients, where advances in systemic therapies and other treatment modalities have significantly improved survival outcomes. As radiation oncologists, our responsibility is to deliver the most effective treatments while minimizing toxicity for each patient. This scoping review aims to retrieve and assess the literature on factors associated with increased radiation-induced late breast toxicity. Specifically, we seek to identify both non-modifiable variables and those that can be influenced by the choices made by radiation oncologists. This review highlights which clinical decisions could directly impact late breast toxicity following adjuvant radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6411/5/2/13breast cancerradiation therapylate toxicityscoping review
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Chiara Chissotti
Federica Ferrario
Ilenia Manno
Matteo Mombelli
Giulia Rossano
Lorenzo De Sanctis
Stefano Arcangeli
Factors Influencing Late Breast Toxicity After Radiotherapy: A Scoping Review
BioChem
breast cancer
radiation therapy
late toxicity
scoping review
title Factors Influencing Late Breast Toxicity After Radiotherapy: A Scoping Review
title_full Factors Influencing Late Breast Toxicity After Radiotherapy: A Scoping Review
title_fullStr Factors Influencing Late Breast Toxicity After Radiotherapy: A Scoping Review
title_full_unstemmed Factors Influencing Late Breast Toxicity After Radiotherapy: A Scoping Review
title_short Factors Influencing Late Breast Toxicity After Radiotherapy: A Scoping Review
title_sort factors influencing late breast toxicity after radiotherapy a scoping review
topic breast cancer
radiation therapy
late toxicity
scoping review
url https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6411/5/2/13
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