DOES IMMEDIATE POSTOPERATIVE BRACHYTHERAPY ALLOW TO BROADEN THE INDICATIONS OF CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT IN BREAST-CANCER

Authors
FLOIRAS JL
Citation
Jl. Floiras, DOES IMMEDIATE POSTOPERATIVE BRACHYTHERAPY ALLOW TO BROADEN THE INDICATIONS OF CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT IN BREAST-CANCER, La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris, 74(31-32), 1998, pp. 1207-1208
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris → ACNP
ISSN journal
00371777
Volume
74
Issue
31-32
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1207 - 1208
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-1777(1998)74:31-32<1207:DIPBAT>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A 1997 study of long-term outcomes in 109 patients with unilateral sta ge I or II breast cancer treated by brachytherapy between 1983 and 198 5 found significantly lower recurrence rates than in a conservatively- treated group of patients managed at the same institution. The benefit s of brachytherapy, of a booster dose after surgery, and of adjuvant m edical therapy are emphasized.