Purpose: Ultra-hypofractionation breast radiotherapy is a safe alternative to moderate hypofractionation. This study reports the results of two ultrahypofractionated regimens used in clinical practice in a high-volume radiotherapy center in terms of efficacy and of tolerance.
Methods: we included all patients treated in an adjuvant setting with five fractions after breast conserving surgery (BCS), for a histologically-confirmed invasive or breast carcinoma. Radiotherapy regimens after BCS were either a 5-week schedule with 5 weekly fractions of 5,7 Gy or a one-week schedule with 5 daily fractions of 5,2 Gy. Adverse events were recorded and local-relapse free survival (LRFS), locoregional-relapse free survival (LRRFS), metastasis-free survival (MFS), for breast-cancer specific survival (BCSS) and overall survival (OS) were evaluated.
Results: Between December 2014 and December 2022, 396 patients (400 breasts) were treated with ultrahypofractionated radiotherapy. Five-year LRFS was 98.8% (95% confidence interval: 97.1%-100%), and 5-year OS was 96.0% (95%CI: 92.6-99.5%). Age was statistically associated with OS in univariate analysis (HR: 1.16, 95%CI: 1.04-1.42, = .01). Four patients (1.0%) experienced acute grade 3 radiation-induced adverse events, and 8 patients (2.3%) acute grade 2 toxicities. Twenty-three patients (5.8%) experienced late toxicity, all of them being graded as grade 1. The use of the 5.7 Gy-weekly-fraction regimen and the delivery of a tumor bed boost were significantly associated with acute radiodermatitis ( < .01; = .02; respectively) and late fibrosis ( < .01; = .049; respectively).
Conclusions: ultrahypofractionated radiotherapy was associated with an excellent tumor control rate in our 'real-life' cohort with low-risk breast cancer patients. However, delivery of a tumor bed boost and using weekly 5.7-Gy fractions were associated with an increased risk of acute and late cutaneous toxicities.
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