Post-mastectomy radiation beyond chest wall in patients with N1 breast cancer: Is there a benefit? | Zendy

Budhi Singh Yadav | Zendy; SC Sharma | Zendy; Philip George | Zendy; Anushama Bansal | Zendy

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Post-mastectomy radiation beyond chest wall in patients with N1 breast cancer: Is there a benefit?

Author(s) -

Budhi Singh Yadav,

SC Sharma,

Philip George,

Anushama Bansal

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

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.

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