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ABSTRACT
Introduction
Breast cancer is still one of the most common tumors worldwide and radiation therapy has a central role in the oncological pathway. Several technological options are now available with the aim to improve therapeutic index, target definition, and patient selection.
Areas covered
In this review, we summarize current available technologies in the management of breast cancer. These advances can support the prescription of postoperative partial breast cancer treatment and preoperative stereotactic partial breast irradiation. Moreover, image-guided radiotherapy is crucial for high-quality radiation treatments. Additionally, the recent development of hybrid magnetic resonance linear accelerator can impact target volume outline procedure, adaptive planning and radiomics. Finally, artificial intelligence represents the new frontier in medicine, supporting clinicians in target definition, patient selection, and treatment planning.
Expert opinion
In patients with breast cancer the overall level of evidence about new technologies is still low even if some advances are potentially very interesting to further development.
Declaration of interest
The authors have no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties.
Reviewer disclosures
Peer reviewers on this manuscript have no relevant financial or other relationships to disclose.
Author contribution statement
Conceptualization, AF and NGL.; methodology, AF, IM and NGL; data curation, AF, FDR, MCDS, IM, BM, NGL; writing – original draft preparation, AF, FDR, MCDS, IM, BM, EDA, DD, VF, ELR, PF, CS, LB, NGL; writing – review and editing, AF, FDR, MCDS, IM, BM, EDA, DD, VF, ELR, PF, CS, LB, NGL. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Supplementary material
Supplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14737140.2023.2195167