>>JENNIFER READY: THIS MORNING. WE ARE CONTINUING OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT
BREAST CANCER RADIATION THERAPY
HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN
TREATING
ALL STAGES. IT MAY BE
RECOMMENDED FOR PEOPLE WITH
STAGE 0 THROUGH STAGE 3 BREAST
CANCER AFTER A LOT OF EC TO ME
A SEC TO ME TO DECREASE THE
RISK OF
CANCER RECURRENCE. JOINING ME
NOW IS DOCTOR LAURA VALLOW
RADIATION ONCOLOGIST FROM MAYO
CLINIC, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING WITH US. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME SO DO MOST BREAST
CANCER PATIENTS REQUIRE
RADIATION.
>> SO THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION AND EVERYBODY EM ALL THE DIFFERENT PATIENTS HAVE NEEDS
OR LEVELS FOR THE USE OF
RADIATION SO IT CAN FREQUENTLY
BE PART OF THE TREATMENT PLANT
IN PATIENTS WHO HAVE A LOT OF
BACK TO ME OR BREAST
CONSERVING SURGERY. IT CAN
OCCASIONALLY BE ADDED EVEN
AFTER
A MASTECTOMY IN PATIENTS THAT
HAVE A HIGH RISK OF
CANCER RECURRENCE. SOMETIMES WE
ALSO INCLUDE THE REGION OF
UNVACCINATED ISSUE FIELD.
IF THERE’S EVIDENCE OF WHAT YOU
SO ALL OF THOSE TREATMENT OPTIONS THAT REALLY ULTIMATELY WAS TO DECREASE THE CANCER RISK
FOR THAT PATIENT. I IN
THE BREAST. I JUST WELL OR IN
THE LYMPH NODES.
>>JENNIFER READY: CAN YOU WALK
US THROUGH A LITTLE BIT FURTHER
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO RECEIVE
RADIATION.
>> RADIATION THERAPY USES
TARGETED HOW
ENERGY EXCHANGE. THIS DESTROYS
UNDETECTABLE CANCER CELLS AND
REDUCES THE RISK OF
CANCER RECURRENCE. THERE ARE
VARIOUS WAYS THAT RADIATION
THERAPY IS TO DELIVER THE MOST
COMMON WAY FOR BREAST CANCER IS
WITH EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION
THERAPY AND THAT IS WHERE
EARLIER ACCELERATOR IS THE
MACHINE THAT WE USE
IT GENERATES HIGH ENERGY X-RAY
BEAMS THAT ARE THAT TARGETED TO
PATIENTS PARTICULAR SITE.
RECEIVING EXTERNAL BEAM
RADIATION THERAPY, IT’S MUCH
LIKE GETTING
AN X-RAY ASIDE FROM THE FACT
THAT THE DATE IS SET UP IT’S A
LITTLE BIT PARTICULAR BECAUSE
THE PATIENTS HAVE TO BE A
PERFECT POSITIONING PRIOR TO
TREATMENT. RADIATION THERAPY
FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS IS
TYPICALLY TO OPPRESS TRIBES
COURSE THE TREATMENTS ARE
DELIVERED A ELITE.
EACH TREATMENT TAKES ABOUT 15
TO 30 MINUTES TO DELIVER
AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
TREATMENTS REALLY VARIES
DEPENDING ON THE CLINICAL
SITUATION OF EACH PATIENT.
>>JENNIFER READY: AND DOCTOR
TECHNOLOGY SEEMS TO ALWAYS BE
ADVANCING EXPECIALLY IN THE
MEDICAL FIELD. HOW IS RADIATION
THERAPY BENEFITING FROM THAT.
>> SO WE’VE SEEN CHANGES OVER
THE LAST
10 YEARS. WE STARTED OUT WITH
STANDARD 2 DIMENSIONAL PLANNING
AND AS TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES
WE’VE ALL TO 3 TO MENTION OF
FANNIE AND NOW TAKING THAT A
STEP FURTHER WE UTILIZE THE
TECHNOLOGY CALLED I M R T
AND THAT’S AN ACRONYM THAT
STANDS FOR INTENSITY MODULATED
RADIATION THERAPY AND THIS IS A WAY THAT WE CAN DECIDE THE TREATMENT MORE SPECIFICALLY FOR
THE CONTOURS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
PATIENT’S ANATOMY
BY DOING THIS TREATMENT
PLANNING WE CAN MINIMIZE THE
RISK TO THE UNDERLYING NORMAL
STRUCTURES, PARTICULARLY THE
LONG AND
THE HEART. WE ALSO HAVE
OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE’VE
DEVELOPED AND UTILIZE AND
CLINIC IN WHAT IS CALLED
RESPIRATORY GATING AND THAT IS
A WAY OF DELIVERING THE
RADIATION THERAPY IN SECRET
MEET WITH THE READING CYCLE.
AS A PATIENT TAKES A DEEP
BREATH, THE HEART ACTUALLY
MOVES AWAY FROM THE
RADIATION FIELD. SO BY TRACKING
THAT READING AND DELIVERING THE
TREATMENT. SECRET NICE WITH THE
BREEDING CYCLE WE CAN FURTHER
STARE THE UNDERLYING HEART.
>>JENNIFER READY: DOCTOR LAURA VALID. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING
SHARING ALL THAT VERY IMPORTANT
INFORMATION. YOU’RE WELCOME
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
AND TO FIND THIS STORY AND MORE
ABOUT DETECTION AND TREATMENTS