title: [Degree of radiation pathomorphosis of a tumor and the results of combination treatment of breast cancer].
abstract: The long-term results of the combined therapy of 284 patients with infiltrative forms of breast cancer were correlated with the manifestations of radiation pathomorphosis in a tumor after preoperative radiation therapy at a single dose of 4 Gy, summary dose of 20 Gy. Surgical intervention was performed in 59% of the patients in the first 3 days after irradiation, in 30% of the patients in 4-9 days, in 11% in 10-20 days. The degree of radiation pathomorphosis was evaluated by the signs of disturbance of the general structure of the tumorous tissue and the structure of some cancer cells. The most significant changes in tumors were recorded 10-20 days after the termination of radiation therapy. An increase in the interval between the termination of irradiation and operation up to 20 days did not influence the long-term results of the combined therapy of patients with breast cancer. No correlation between the degree of radiation pathomorphosis and long-term results of combined therapy was revealed, therefore the qualitative determination of the degree of injury of tissue and cellular elements of a tumor cannot serve as an adequate criterion of efficacy of mean fractional radiation exposure in performing operation in the first 9 days after its completion.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Stepen' luchevogo patomorfoza opukholi i rezul'taty kombinirovannogo lecheniia raka molochnoĭ zhelezy.