Lumpectomy and partial breast irradiation for early-stage breast cancer following mantle irradiation for Hodgkin's lymphoma.
BACKGROUND
A 57-year-old woman who received treatment with mantle irradiation and systemic chemotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosed at the age of 42 underwent screening mammography, which revealed abnormal density at the upper outer quadrant of the left breast.


METHODS
Left breast ultrasound and MRI, ultrasound-guided biopsy, immunohistochemistry, chest X-ray.


METHODS
Stage T1bN0M0 left breast cancer.


RESULTS
Lumpectomy, sentinel lymph-node biopsy and fractionated partial breast irradiation using 3-dimensional conformal technique.
Alm El-Din
Mohamed A
MA
Breast Oncology Unit, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Feng
Jennifer K
JK
Taghian
Alphonse G
AG
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced; D012307:Risk Factors