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Radiation therapy of early carcinoma of the breast without mastectomy
Author(s) -
Hellman Samuel,
Harris Jay R.,
Levene Martin B.
Publication year - 1980
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(19800815)46:4+<988::aid-cncr2820461323>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - medicine , mastectomy , radiation therapy , breast cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , implant , surgery , lymph , external beam radiation , brachytherapy , lesion , radiology , cancer , pathology , paleontology , biology
The results of the treatment of 176 patients with early breast cancer, using radiation therapy without mastectomy are reported. The likelihood of local recurrence was 5% for Stage I patients and 7% for Stage II patients. Local control was significantly greater in those patients receiving an iridium implant (1/73 vs. 10/111, P less than .05). The cumulative survival probability at five years is 96% for Stage I and 68% for Stage II. Local control with good cosmetic results is greatly influenced by surgical and radiotherapeutic technique. Gross tumor resection with careful reapproximation of the breast tissue and well‐placed incisions facilitates the radiation therapy. Homogeneous external beam radiation to the breast and draining lymph nodes (4500–5000 rads) and supplemental local radiation to the sites of the primary lesion (in this series using interstitial implantation) are recommended.