Patients with early-stage breast cancer who are candidates for conservative surgery and radiation include those whose primary tumor is less than 4 to 5 cm in size without evidence of gross multicentricity or diffuse microcalcifications. Patients with an extensive intraductal component may be ...
Breast-conserving therapy in breast cancer patients--a 12-year experience. INTRODUCTION: Twenty years ago prospective randomised controlled trials were initiated to compare conservative breast surgery plus radiation with radical mastectomy in the treatment of early-stage breast cancer. The results have sho...
Over the past ten years, conservative surgery and radiation therapy has become a widely employed treatment for patients with early breast cancer. This use has been based on the results of both retrospective1-6 and prospective7-10 clinical studies, which demonstrated that high levels of local tumor...
We measured patient satisfaction regarding breast cancer treatment by using a continuous percentage (full satisfaction = 100%; no satisfaction = 0%) for the overall treatment and for each specific treatment (surgery, radiation therapy). In addition, we asked questions regarding the following hypothesiz...
Learn about the different types of breast cancer surgery so you and your doctor can work together to choose the one that works best for you.
- Sentinel lymph node biopsy: The removal and examination of the lymph node(s) closest to the tumor to determine if cancer spread. 3.2 Radiation Therapy Radiation therapy involves using high-energy beams to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. It is commonly used after surgery to destroy any ...
(用显微镜可见的)tumor cells that may have escaped surgery. It may also have a beneficial effect on tumormicroenvironment(微环境). Radiation can reduce the risk ofrecurrence(复发)by 50–66% when delivered in the correctdose(...
CHICAGO, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The presence of cancer cells in the blood of patients with early-stage breast cancer may be predictive of a benefit from radiotherapy delivered after surgery, according to a study posted on the website of Northwestern University (NU). ...
Patient preference concerning the trade-off between the risks and benefits of routine radiation therapy after conserving surgery for early-stage breast cancer PURPOSE: To assess patients' preferences regarding the trade-off between risks and benefits of radiation therapy after conservative surgery for earl...
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