𝔖 Bobbio Scriptorium
✦   LIBER   ✦

Intravenous nitrogen mustard given immediately after mastectomy: Possible effect on local recurrence

✍ Scribed by James R. Hines


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1992
Tongue
English
Weight
163 KB
Volume
49
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-4790

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis


A small group of patients with Stage I and IT ductal breast carcinomas were treated with intravenous nitrogen mustard the day of mastectomy and the first two postoperative days. Long term follow-up revealed that only one patient developed isolated local recurrence, a rate much lower than usually reported. It is possible that early use of chemotherapy could reduce local recurrences in the recently traumatized tissue.