Early-Stage Invasive Breast Carcinoma

This prospective, multicenter observational cohort study evaluates long-term outcomes in patients with early-stage invasive breast cancer who undergo breast-conserving surgery without sentinel lymph node biopsy or other axillary surgery and subsequently receive adjuvant radiotherapy. The study will evaluate recurrence, survival, radiotherapy-related toxicities, and quality of life. Radiotherapy will be delivered according to routine clinical practice at each participating institution without protocol-mandated treatment assignment. Detailed radiotherapy characteristics, including treatment volume, technique, dose and fractionation, tumor-bed boost, and radiation dose to axillary lymph node levels I-III, will be prospectively collected to evaluate their associations with clinical outcomes.

This is a multicenter, randomized, phase III non-inferiority trial in women aged 40 years or older with clinically node-negative (cN0), pathologically pT1 (≤2 cm), grade 1-2, lymphovascular invasion (LVI)-negative invasive breast cancer treated with breast-conserving surgery (BCS) in whom sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) was omitted (pNx). Eligible patients are randomized 1:1 to partial breast irradiation (PBI) or whole breast irradiation (WBI). The primary aim is to determine whether PBI is non-inferior to WBI with respect to the 5-year recurrence-free survival (RFS) rate. Secondary aims include comparison of axillary recurrence, overall survival, locoregional recurrence, treatment-related toxicity, and quality of life between arms.