TY - JOUR AU - Klimberg, V. Suzanne AU - Rivere, Amy AU - Peacock, Loverd PY - 2016 TI - Alternatives to whole breast irradiation in early breast cancer JF - Chinese Clinical Oncology; Vol 5, No 3 (June 01, 2016): Chinese Clinical Oncology (Multidisciplinary Management of Breast Cancer-Guest Editors: Charles M. Balch, Ning Liao, Kelly K. Hunt) Y2 - 2016 KW - N2 - Partial breast irradiation (PBI) when added to lumpectomy demonstrates equivalent local recurrence and survival when compared to whole breast radiation. However, PBI can be delivered in much shorter time (5 days as compared to 6 weeks) and even intraoperatively as an one time dose. This article describes the many alternative techniques available for delivering PBI. UR - https://cco.amegroups.org/article/view/9833