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Radiotherapeutic management of locally advanced carcinoma of the breast
Author(s) -
Vaeth Jerome M.,
Clark John C.,
Green Jerold P.,
Schroeder Alan F.,
Lowy Richard O.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197207)30:1<107::aid-cncr2820300117>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , stage (stratigraphy) , conservative management , breast carcinoma , disease , carcinoma , surgery , lesion , general surgery , radiology , breast cancer , cancer , paleontology , biology
Carcinoma of the breast is responsive to irradiation, and we have validated this conclusion by our experience. Considering the advanced stage of the disease presented in this series of 27 cases, we may also conclude that radiation therapy offers a highly successful chance of local as well as regional nodal disease control for long periods of time in the large majority of these unfortunate women. The treatment, when carefully planned and executed, is well tolerated; indeed, it permits post‐irradiation conservative or even radical surgery should the lesion become operable.