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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-11-13
pubmed:abstractText
The authors reviewed their experience with 542 patients with breast cancer who were treated with conservative surgery and radiation therapy (CSRT) and analyzed the outcome in those patients whose tumors could not be detected with mammography. Fifty-five of the patients (10.1%) had a palpable, pathologically confirmed breast carcinoma and a negative preoperative mammogram. Routine follow-up included annual mammography and physical examination. The local recurrence, 5-year actuarial survival, and 5-year disease-free survival rates for these 55 patients did not differ significantly from those for patients with positive mammograms. There were six cases of local breast recurrence in this subgroup. Four of five cases were visible on mammograms (one patient did not undergo mammography at the time of recurrence); two of the cases were detected with mammography alone following physical examination with negative results. The authors conclude that patients with palpable but mammographically occult early-stage breast cancer are suitable candidates for CSRT and that mammography is a mandatory part of follow-up of conservatively treated patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0033-8419
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
185
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
425-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1329142-Actuarial Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:1329142-Breast, pubmed-meshheading:1329142-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:1329142-Carcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:1329142-Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating, pubmed-meshheading:1329142-Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, pubmed-meshheading:1329142-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:1329142-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1329142-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:1329142-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1329142-Lymph Node Excision, pubmed-meshheading:1329142-Mammography, pubmed-meshheading:1329142-Mastectomy, Modified Radical, pubmed-meshheading:1329142-Mastectomy, Segmental, pubmed-meshheading:1329142-Mastectomy, Simple, pubmed-meshheading:1329142-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1329142-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:1329142-Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, pubmed-meshheading:1329142-Salvage Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:1329142-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:1329142-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Breast conservation therapy in patients with mammographically undetected breast cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article