SMJ articles in the category "local recurrence"

Original Article

Rising Incidence of Tumorectomies without Breast Radiation in Patients Treated for Invasive Breast Cancer in Caribbean Nations

Background: Tumorectomy for invasive breast cancer (BC) is followed by local recurrence in 30% of patients who do not receive radiotherapy. In the United States 88% of tumorectomy patients receive radiation therapy. Many Caribbean nations lack radiation facilities and access to existing facilities is limited. Methods: The charts of the…

Posted in: breast 7 local recurrence 2 radiation 4

CME Topic

Surgical Margins in Breast Conservation Therapy: How Much Should We Excise?

Background:Breast conservation therapy (BCT) has become the standard of treatment for early stage breast cancer, and the surgical margin was one of the important factors that affected risk of local recurrence. This review looks at the safe margin for BCT in early stage invasive breast cancer and ductal carcinoma in…

Posted in: local recurrence 2
SMA Menu