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We propose in this short review to report the impact of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in oligometastatic or oligoprogressive cancer patients in terms of metastatic progression-free and global survival, and to identify the place of SBRT in patient's pathway.

Surgery (radical cystectomy) is the standard treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Radiochemotherapy has risen as an alternative treatment option to surgery as part as organ-sparing combined modality treatment or for patients unfit for surgery. Radiochemotherapy achieves 5-year bladder intact survival of 40 to 65% and 5-year overall survival of 40 to 50% with excellent quality of life. This article introduces the French recommendations for radiotherapy of bladder cancer: indications, exams, technique, dosimetry, delivery and image guidance.

Irradiation techniques for breast cancer (arctherapy, tomotherapy) are evolving and intensity-modulated radiation therapy is being increasingly considered for the management of these tumours. Here, we propose a review of intensity-modulated radiation therapy planning issues, clinical toxicities and indications for breast cancer.

In the era of high-tech radiotherapy, hypofractionated schema is more and more widely used regardless of tumour sites. In this article, we expose the role, techniques and indications of hypofractionated radiotherapy in adjuvant breast radiotherapy.