Publication: Updated feasibility and reproducibility results of multi-institutional study of noninvasive breast tumor bed boost

Jessica Schuster ^1,*,13, Christopher Chipko¹, Michael Kasper², Sandra Sha³, Douglas Ciuba⁴, James Petrikas⁵, Anand Kuruvilla⁶, Ravichandra Sandrapaty⁷, Coral Quiet⁸, Cynthia Anderson⁹,

Rashmi Benda¹⁰, David Wazer¹¹, Jaroslaw Hepel¹², Douglas Arthur¹

¹Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA ²Schmidt College of Medicine, FAU Lynn Cancer Institute, Boca Raton, FL ³Watson Clinic Cancer & Research Center, Lakeland, FL ⁴Oncology Research Department, John B. Amos Cancer Center, Columbus, GA ⁵Texas Oncology Paris, Paris, TX ⁶Cancer Center of Putnam, First Radiation Oncology Group, Palatka, FL ⁷21st Century Oncology, Inc, FL ⁸Arizona Breast Cancer Specialists, Phoenix, AZ ⁹Memorial Hospital Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL ¹⁰Eugene M. & Christine E. Lynn Cancer Institute, Boca Raton, FL ¹¹Department of Radiation Oncology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA ¹²Department of Radiation Oncology, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, Providence, RI

PURPOSE: To report updated feasibility and reproducibility results for high-dose-rate noninvasive breast brachytherapy (NIBB) for tumor bed boost with whole breast radiation therapy (WBRT) in the setting of expanded patient and treatment facility number.