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THE CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT OF PRIMARY BREAST CANCER
Author(s) -
Chleboun John O.,
Gray Bruce N.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1988.tb01019.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , breast cancer , radiation therapy , breast conserving surgery , adjuvant radiotherapy , adjuvant , primary treatment , disease , conservative management , surgery , general surgery , oncology , cancer , mastectomy , physics , optics
A comparison was made of the methods used to manage primary breast cancer in Western Australia during 1978 and 1984. It was noted that the incidence of breast‐conserving surgery increased from 5% in 1978 (16 out of 313 patients) to 14% in 1984 (59 out of 431 patients). Of the 59 patients in the latter group, 37(63%) did not receive adjuvant radiotherapy. This is a matter of concern as failure to use adjuvant radiotherapy, subsequent to breast‐conserving surgery, may lead to an increased incidence of locally recurrent disease.