Open AccessPost-mastectomy radiation beyond chest wall in patients with N1 breast cancer: Is there a benefit?
Author(s) -
Budhi Singh Yadav,
Suresh C. Sharma,
Philip George,
Anushama Bansal
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.136560
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , radiation therapy , axilla , mastectomy , stage (stratigraphy) , supraclavicular fossa , cancer , lymph node , oncology , pathological , radiology , paleontology , biology
Nodal stage is the most important prognostic factor and one of the indicators for loco-regional radiation in patients with breast cancer. N1 (patients with 1-3 lymph node metastases in axilla) nodal stage is a controversial area as far as axillary and supraclavicular fossa (SCF) irradiation is concerned. We conducted a retrospective analysis at our institute to assess the impact of post-mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) beyond chest wall (CW) in N1- nodal stage breast cancer patients.