title: Breast cancer: postoperative radiation therapy.
abstract: Postoperative radiation therapy reduces the proportion of regional recurrences following radical mastectomy for cancer of the breast. Only a small number of patients with tumor beyond surgical effectiveness and without distant metastases stand to benefit. Improvement of final results due to postoperative radiation therapy can only be shown in large series of cases.
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D011182:Postoperative Care