## Abstract Several patient and tumor factors go into the decision process to determine whether a breast cancer patient is a good candidate for breastβconserving therapy. The patient must be seen by all disciplines before any therapeutic intervention. When used appropriately, breastβconserving ther
Pregnancy and lactation after breast-conserving therapy for early stage breast cancer
β Scribed by Susan Higgins; Bruce G. Haffty
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 537 KB
- Volume
- 73
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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Five hundred thirty-six cases of early breast cancer (T0 to T2, N0 to N1) treated with breast conservation therapy were monitored for a median interval of 64 months. Fifty-five locoregional failures occurred after a median interval of 40 months; the actuarial failure rate was 9% at 5 years and 19% a
## Background: Controversy exists concerning the roles of mammography and physical examination in the detection of local recurrence after conservation therapy for breast carcinoma. in addition, the prognostic factors for and optimal treatment of patients with local recurrence are uncertain. ## Met
up for surviving patients was 95 months (range, 68-157 months). Pathology slides were available for review in 19 cases. Cosmetic results and complications after 1 Joint Center for Radiation Therapy and Depart-BCT were scored. Outcome was compared with that of 1314 patients with unilateral ment of Ra
## Backgrounds and Objectives: We present the interim findings of our in-house protocol treating the tumor bed alone after lumpectomy with low-dose-rate (LDR) interstitial brachytherapy in selected patients with early-stage breast cancer treated with breast conserving therapy (BCT). Methods: From