Table 2. Patient Demographics, Treatment Characteristics, and Breast Cancer Stage.
All patients had margins ≥2 mm and no nodes were involved. All patients received sentinel node or axillary dissection. BF = Barrier Film.
BF on Lateral (n = 26) | BF on Medial (n = 29) | Total (n = 55) | ||
Patient Characteristics | ||||
Mean age (years) | 62.7 | 61.8 | 62.1 | |
Age range (years) | 47-86 | 45-78 | 45-86 | |
BMI mean | 29.6 | 31.8 | 30.7 | |
Treatment Characteristics | ||||
Dose mean (Gy) | 45.2 | 45.4 | 45.4 | |
Fraction mean | 19.4 | 18.9 | 19.4 | |
Photon Energy | 6, 17, 2, 1, | 8, 17, 2, 2 | 14, 34, 4, 3 | |
6, 6/18, 10, 18 (%) | (23.2, 65.3, 7.7, 3.8) | (27.6, 58.6, 6.9, 6.9) | (25.4, 61.8, 7.3, 5.5) | |
Hormone n(%) | 13 (50.0) | 13 (44.8) | 26 (47.3) | |
Chemotherapy n(%) | 6 (23.1) | 3 (10.3) | 9 (16.4) | |
Breast Cancer Stage | ||||
Tis | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
T1 | 15 | 14 | 29 | |
T1mi | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
T1a | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
T1b | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
T1c | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
T2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
T3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |