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Conservative management of intraductal breast carcinoma with tumorectomy and radiation therapy
Author(s) -
Zafrani Brigitte,
Fourquet Alain,
Vilcoq Jacques Robert,
Legal Michèle,
Calle Robert
Publication year - 1986
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(19860401)57:7<1299::aid-cncr2820570708>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , mastectomy , surgery , carcinoma , breast carcinoma , radiology , breast cancer , axilla , cancer
Between 1967 and 198354 patients with strictly noninvasive intraductal breast carcinoma were treated with tumorectomy and radiation therapy. Median follow‐up was 55 months. Three patients had a recurrence in the treated breast; two were noninvasiveand one was invasive. One patient died of disease. Actuarial 5‐year disease‐free survival rate was 95.2%. No axillary node recurrences occurred in patients treated with irradiation to the breast and regional nodes (34 patients)or in patients treated with breast irradiation alone (20 patients). These preliminary results suggest that combined tumorectomy and radiation therapy could be a valuable conservative alternative to mastectomy in the treatment of noninvasive intraductal breast carcinoma.