RECURRENT BREAST-CARCINOMA TREATED BY WIDE EXCISION, IMMEDIATE MYOCUTANEOUS RECONSTRUCTION AND BRACHYTHERAPY - A SUCCESSFUL PRELIMINARY-REPORT OF 7 CASES

Seven women with recurrent breast carcinoma, which were treated by the combination of wide excision, immediately reconstruction with myocuta neous flap (TRAM or latissimus dorsi) and adjuvant brachytherapy, are reported. The mean interval between the mastectomy and the recurrence was 36 months (range 24-48) and mean age was 46.5 years (range 35-52 y ears). The patients received a brachytherapy dose of 4600 rad 7 days p ost-operation. The follow-up ranges from 26-37 months, and there has b een no local recurrence or distant metastasis. The results, and advant ages of the brachytherapy treatment are reported and a typical case is described.