title: [Is radiotherapy of the lymph node stages useful after the conservative treatment of the initial stage of breast carcinoma?].
abstract: Twenty-four lectures were reviewed of the XXXIII SIRMN National Congress (Rome, October 1988) on the conservative radiosurgical treatment of breast cancer. A whole of 3462 cases were divided into 2 groups: group A--2824 patients who underwent targeted radiotherapy after conservative surgery (mostly quadrantectomy)--and group B--638 patients where, in case of N+ and internal quadrant tumors, irradiation was extended to lymph nodes. No significant differences were demonstrated between group A and group B as far as loco-regional relapses were concerned. Thus, no significant advantage seems to be yielded by lymph node irradiation in the early treatment of breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Radioterapia Oncologica, Presidio Ospedaliero, Treviso.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gava
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Coghetto
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015182:Lymphatic Irradiation; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging
vernacular_title: Serve la radioterapia sulle stazioni linfonodali dopo trattamento conservativo del carcinoma mammario nello stadio iniziale?