title: [Long-term follow-up after tumorectomy and irradiation for breast cancer].
abstract: From 1968 to 1976, 31 patients underwent breast conservation surgery (tumorectomy) and irradiation. A review of the available pathologic slides has revealed that 11 of that number had definite breast cancer. Of these 11 patients, three experienced a relapse, one with local recurrence only, and two with distant metastasis, though one of these two also had a local recurrence. The patient manifesting a local recurrence only was salvaged by a mastectomy, while the other two with distant metastases have died. Survival and disease-free survival in these 11 patients were at least equal to the results of other Japanese patients of the same ages and stages who had undergone a halsted operation during the same period. As for the other 20 patients, either their pathologic slides were not available, or their diagnosis was equivocal or benign. None suffered a relapse. Cosmetic results were excellent in most patients, and there were no second malignancies in the treatment volume.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Radiology, Keio Univ. School of Med.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uematsu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amemiya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikari
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Izumi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kageyama
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Torikata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000401:mortality; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000401:mortality; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage