Medical Services
Accelerated Partial-Breast Irradiation
Early-Stage Breast Cancer Treatment
Memorial Cancer Institute is on your side with a new technique for delivering brachytherapy, or internal radiation treatment, in women with early-stage breast cancer. Accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI) is a one-week breast cancer treatment alternative to the more traditional treatment method of seven weeks of external-beam radiation.
APBI is a breast cancer treatment given after lumpectomy, or surgical removal of a small breast cancer. Radiation treatments are given on an outpatient basis, twice daily for five days. Each treatment takes about 20 minutes, during which a therapeutic radioactive seed is inserted into an inflated balloon in the lumpectomy cavity.
APBI is breast cancer treatment that:
- Is fast
- Is designed to be completely painless
- Decreases the amount of healthy tissue exposed to radiation
Your cancer treatment team will decide if APBI is the right breast cancer treatment for you.
Please call Memorial Cancer Institute to schedule an appointment: 954-265-4325, or email us.
