title: [Radiation-surgical treatment of cancer of the female breast].
abstract: Findings were reviewed of 1566 female patients with primary breast carcinoma treated with radical or total mastectomy followed by postoperative radiation therapy during the 22 year period 1960-82. The five-year overall survival for the axillary node-positive breast cancer group was 58.3 percent, as compared with 79.9 percent for the node-negative group. The survival rates were also analyzed in terms of age of the patients and number of the axillary positive nodes present. The ratios of observed deaths to expected deaths were turned from many times greater than unity into nearly the expected number, after ten year follow-up period. These findings showed that host factors are capable of destroying tumor cells both in node-negative and in node-positive patients. The significance of axillary negative nodes was emphasized. The rates of locoregional recurrences and distant metastases for node-negative patients were analyzed; these observations suggested that routine postoperative radiotherapy should be considered also in node-negative breast cancer patients.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Radioterapia, Ospedale Generale Regionale, Torrette, Ancona.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Pietrantonj
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Proietti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cardinali
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fabbietti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D015409:Mastectomy, Radical; D015413:Mastectomy, Simple; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011867:Radioisotope Teletherapy; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes
vernacular_title: Il trattamento radio-chirurgico del cancro della mammella femminile.