title: Conservative surgery for early breast cancer results from a district hospital.
abstract: Wide local excision followed by radiotherapy was offered as an alternative to mastectomy to 93 women on 96 occasions. Complications attributable to the surgery occurred in 4 per cent whilst 37.5 per cent developed complications secondary to the radiotherapy. The complications were generally of a mild nature. Nine patients (9.3%) have developed regional recurrence and seventeen (17.7%) distant metastases with a mean follow up of 53.4 months.
authors: R E
authors: RE
authors: May
authors: D A
authors: DA
authors: Gillatt
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Goodman
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Whipp
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Laing
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged