Effectiveness of different accelerated partial breast irradiation techniques for the treatment of breast cancer patients : systematic review using indirect comparisons of randomized clinical trials

Marta, Gustavo Nader; Barrett, Jessica; Martiniano Porfirio, Gustavo Jose; Cabrera Martimbianco, Ana Luiza; Barbosa Bevilacqua, Jose Luiz; Poortmans, Philip; Riera, Rachel

doi:10.1016/J.RPOR.2019.01.009

Title

Effectiveness of different accelerated partial breast irradiation techniques for the treatment of breast cancer patients : systematic review using indirect comparisons of randomized clinical trials

Author

Marta, Gustavo Nader

Barrett, Jessica

Martiniano Porfirio, Gustavo Jose

Cabrera Martimbianco, Ana Luiza

Barbosa Bevilacqua, Jose Luiz

Poortmans, Philip

Riera, Rachel

Abstract

Aim: This systematic review was conducted to compare the effectiveness of different accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) techniques for the treatment of breast cancer patients. Background: Numerous (APBI) techniques are available for clinical practice. Methods and materials: Systematic review of randomized controlled trials of APBI versus whole breast irradiation (WBI). The data from APBI studies were extracted for the analyses. Indirect comparisons were used to compare different APBI techniques. Results: Ten studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria. A total of 4343 patients were included, most of them with tumor stage T1-T2 and NO. Regarding APBI techniques, six trials used external beam radiation therapy; one intraoperative electrons; one intraoperative low-energy photons; one brachytherapy; and one external beam radiation therapy or brachytherapy. The indirect comparisons related to 5-years local control and 5-years overall survival were not significantly different between APBI techniques. Conclusions: Based on indirect comparisons, no differences in clinical outcomes were observed among diverse APBI techniques in published clinical trials that formally compared WBI to APBI. However wide confidence intervals and high risk of inconsistency precluded a sound conclusion. Further head-to-head clinical trials comparing different APBI techniques are required to confirm our findings. Studies comparing different techniques using individual participant data and/or real-life data from population-based studies/registries could also provide more robust results. (C) 2019 Greater Poland Cancer Centre. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Language

English

Source (journal)

Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy

Publication

Amsterdam : Elsevier science bv , 2019

ISSN

1507-1367

DOI

10.1016/J.RPOR.2019.01.009

Volume/pages

24 :2 (2019) , p. 165-174