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Breast Cancer Research May 2005 Vol 7 No 3 Keisch Commentary Accelerated partial breast irradiation: the case for current use Martin E Keisch Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami Beach, Florida, USA Corresponding author: Martin E Keisch, mkeisch@ Published: 5 April 2005 Breast Cancer Research 2005, 7:106-109 (DOI 10.1186/bcr992) This article is online at /content/7/3/106 © 2005 BioMed Central Ltd See related commentary by Ross, page 110 [/content/7/3/110] Abstract perception of a handful of institutions that led away from the The treatment of early stage breast cancer is evolving from one size fits all, mastectomy for everyone dogma, it is a traditional breast conservation techniques, employing questioning of the status quo of BCT that has led to a more conventionally fractionated whole breast irradiation, to techniques tailored approach. The concept that some patients could in which partial breast irradiation is used in an accelerated undergo lumpectomy plus whole breast irradiation to maintain fractionation scheme. A growing body of evidence exists, including an acceptable rate of local control and minimize morbidity is favorable findings. Additional studies are under way that may evolving into further limitation in the volume treated in select ultimately prove equivalence. The logic behind this approach is reviewed, and the currently available data are pres