Cancer Treatment Options Forum - August 3rd, 2011 - 1 Comment
Has anyone heard of an accelerated radiation treatment specifically for breast cancer?
You have to meet certain criteria such as early stage, size of tumor, etc. 7 if so it is 5 times of radiation in 1 week rather than 5 spread out over 5 weeks. Do you know if this has more severe side affects than the 5 weeks?
Success rate?
Accelerated radiation: radiation schedule in which the total dose is given over a shorter period of time.
Hyperfractionated radiation: radiation schedule in which it is given in smaller doses and more than once a day, but the overall length of treatment is the same.