Late breast recurrence after lumpectomy and irradiation
JM Kurtz, JM Spitalier, R Amalric - International Journal of Radiation …, 1983 - Elsevier
For 276 patients with early breast cancer followed from 10–21 years after lumpectomy and
radiotherapy, the recurrence rate in the treated breast was 15.6%, and 7.2% developed
contralateral breast cancer. Only 63% of breast recurrences occurred within 5 years, and the
remainder were “late failures,” with 5 of the 43 recurrences observed after 10 years. The
proportion of failures occurring late was greater for T 1 than for T 2 tumors (53% vs 25%).
Twenty-six percent of early recurrences were inoperable, and an adverse impact of early …
radiotherapy, the recurrence rate in the treated breast was 15.6%, and 7.2% developed
contralateral breast cancer. Only 63% of breast recurrences occurred within 5 years, and the
remainder were “late failures,” with 5 of the 43 recurrences observed after 10 years. The
proportion of failures occurring late was greater for T 1 than for T 2 tumors (53% vs 25%).
Twenty-six percent of early recurrences were inoperable, and an adverse impact of early …