AIM Multifactorial analysis of local and lymph node recurrences in stage 0-II breast cancer treated by conservative or radical surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS In the interval January 1, 2005-July 31, 2013, 477 breast cancer patients were assessed by imaging techniques at the Radiology Clinic of Iasi "Sf. Spiridon" Hospital and Radiology Service of the Iasi Regional Cancer Institute. Of these 22...

This article is a case report of a high grade, radio-induced, breast malignant fibrous histiocytoma (undifferentiated high grade pleomorphic sarcoma), which developed in a 44-year old female, seven years after breast conservative surgery and radiotherapy for a T1N0M0 invasive left breast ductal carcinoma. The sarcoma presented as a fast growing tumour, 9.5 cm in the largest diameter, with skin,...

Conservative surgery of selected breast-cancer tumors up to 4 cm in size gives rise to equivalent overall survival rates in both retrospective and randomized chmcal trials. Although 90 percent of patients display satisfactory functional and cosmetic results when surgery is performed by highly competent teams, the remaining 10 percent end up with severe breast deformities due to factors such as ...

background: the aim of this study was to evaluate the reduction in excision cavity volume (ecv) during the whole breast radiotherapy (wbrt). the delineating of reduced cavity volume on secondary ct (computed tomography) might decrease the field size of boost plan. materials and methods: twenty patients were treated having breast conservative surgery. at first, primary ct simulation (ct-1) was d...

BACKGROUND/AIM Conventional axillary dissection in breast cancer surgery implicates the section of the neurovascular elements passing through the dissected tissue: the intercostobrachial nerve (ICBN) and lateral thoracic vein (LTV). Preservation of the ICBN during axillary dissection is well documented in the literature, with slightly contradictory results of its influence to postoperative pain...

Large-scale, controlled trials in the 1970s and 1980s demonstrated that wide resection (for example, quadrantectomy) was as effective as mastectomy for the treatment of breast cancer up to 3 cm in maximum diameter. Conservative treatment may also be extended to larger cancers following pre-operative chemotherapy to reduce tumor mass and leave sufficiently wide resection margins to ensure oncolo...