title: Predictors of breast recurrence after conservative surgery and radiation therapy for invasive breast cancer.
abstract: The majority of women with breast cancer are adequately treated with breast-conserving surgery and radiation therapy. Although most women need very limited surgery, some require a larger volume of resection to attain a high level of local control, and some might even require a mastectomy. This article summarizes the current state of knowledge concerning the assessment of the adequacy of excision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Connolly
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boyages
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Nixon
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Peiró
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gage
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Silver
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Recht
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Schnitt
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors