BREAST-CONSERVING SURGERY FOR PRIMARY BREAST-CANCER - NECESSITY FOR SURGICAL CLIPS TO DEFINE THE TUMOR BED FOR RADIATION PLANNING

Authors
HUNTER MA MCFALL TA HEHR KA
Citation
Ma. Hunter et al., BREAST-CONSERVING SURGERY FOR PRIMARY BREAST-CANCER - NECESSITY FOR SURGICAL CLIPS TO DEFINE THE TUMOR BED FOR RADIATION PLANNING, Radiology, 200(1), 1996, pp. 281-282
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00338419
Volume
200
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
281 - 282
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-8419(1996)200:1<281:BSFPB->2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Radiographs obtained at definitive and boost irradiation in 50 patient s with stage I-II breast cancer were retrospectively examined. Tangent target fields planned on the basis of surgical clips placed at excisi on biopsy were evaluated with simulation radiographs. Four (8%) of 50 tangent target fields would have been inadequate without clips, and 23 (46%) of the boost targets would have been missed (12 [24%], totally; 11 (22%), marginally). Radiopaque surgical clips placed at excision b iopsy help plan boost-irradiation target fields.