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. 1977 Jun;39(6 Suppl):2840-5.
doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197706)39:6<2840::aid-cncr2820390672>3.0.co;2-y.

Treatment of carcinoma of the breast by radiation therapy

M B Levene, J R Harris, S Hellman

Treatment of carcinoma of the breast by radiation therapy

M B Levene et al. Cancer. 1977 Jun.

Abstract

One hundred and fifty patients with carcinoma of the breast were treated by radiation therapy without mastectomy. Seventy-seven patients had excisional biopsy of the breast mass while the remainder had incisional biopsy or needle biopsy. There has been 100% local control in patients with Stage I or Stage II disease. The local control rate in Stage III is 67.5%. Those patients who had excisional biopsy had a significantly lower incidence of local recurrence than did those in whom the tumor was left in situ. The cumulative survival probability at five years is 100% for Stage I, 65% for Stage II and 26% for Stage III. Recommendations are made concerning axillary node sampling and adjuvant chemotherapy for patients treated by this technique.

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