Surgical Oncology
Data on surgical oncology described by P. Beitsch et al
Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 23rd, 2010
2010 DEC 23 -- "We applied the ASTRO Consensus Panel (CP) guidelines for the application of accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) to patients treated with this technique on the ASBS MammoSite ® registry trial to determine potential differences in outcome of patients classified in the ''unsuitable'' category. Of 1,449 cases treated with APBI on the registry trial, 176 fit the criteria for the unsuitable category: 130 cases were <50 years of age, 13 had positive margins, 38 had positive nodes, 6 had tumors >3 cm, and 9 had an EIC >3 cm," researchers in the United States report.
"Rates of ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) and...
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