title: [Clinical assessment of 2 methods of radiotherapy of breast cancer].
abstract: The results of treatment in 324 patients with breast cancer are analysed. 159 females prior to surgery were subjected to irradiation of the mammary gland and axillary lymph nodes. Supra-subclavicular and parasternal zones were treated after radical mastectomy. The mammary gland and all regional zones of lymph outflow were irradiated prior to surgery in 165 patients. In stage 1, 3 and 5-year results of treatment were found to be identical in both series (88%). In stage II 62% of females in the first group and 77% in the second group survived for 3 years and 60% and 75% -- for 5 years, accordingly. In stage III a 3-year survival made 51% and 65% and a 5-year survival -- 25% and 49%, correspondingly. The rationality of preoperative irradiation of the mammary gland and all zones of lymph outflow is emphasized.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012426:Russia
vernacular_title: Klinicheskaia otsenka dvukh metodik luchevoĭ terapii raka molochnoĭ zhelezy.