BACKGROUND Socioeconomic factors influence access to cancer care and survival. This study investigated the role of socioeconomic status on the risk of breast cancer recurrence and on the delivery of appropriate cancer care (sentinel lymph node biopsy and breast-conserving surgery plus radiotherapy), by patients' age and hormone receptor status. METHODS 3,462 breast cancer cases diagnosed in 2...

OBJECTIVES Clinical guidelines recommend that when breast-conserving surgery is provided as primary therapy for early-stage breast cancer, radiation therapy should follow. We do not know whether racial/ethnic disparities in this therapy exist and how disparities may have changed over time. DESIGN AND PATIENTS We studied 89,110 women who were diagnosed with incident early-stage (American Joint...

BACKGROUND While many studies have shown that hormones can influence background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) in breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), only few have directly address the effect of radiotherapy. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of radiotherapy on BPE in breast MRI. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective search identified 62 women with unilateral breast can...

Breast-conserving therapy/Breast cancer/Radiation dermatitis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the significance of skin phototype (suntan or sunburn type) in association with radiation dermatitis in patients with breast cancer who underwent postoperative radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery because phototype could predict sunlight reaction. We divided patients into two phototyp...

Radiation therapy represents an important aspect of breast cancer treatment. Application of irradiation reduces the incidence of local disease recurrence and improves overall survival of breast cancer patients. Studies have shown that adjuvant irradiation after breast-conserving surgery has the same result as a mastectomy, so adjuvant radiotherapy enables sparing surgery in breast cancer patien...

AIM The aim of this study was to assess the therapeutic effect of intraoperative radiotherapy, describe the method, and examine the occurrence of side effects and quality of life. BACKGROUND Breast conserving therapy has recently become a standard treatment modality in patients with early invasive cancer. Radiotherapy, along with surgery, is an integral part of such treatment. The important t...

With the implementation of early screening more women are diagnosed with early stage breast cancer; the curative therapy remains however an important challenge. For years, radical mastectomy was the only treatment option for breast cancer. The concept of conservative treatment was initially developed in Europe during the years 1960-1970. It consisted of breast conserving surgery followed by rad...

Breast cancer is the most common malignant disease occurring in women. Conservative breast cancer surgery followed by radiation therapy is currently the standard treatment for this type of cancer. The majority of metastases occur within the scar, which initiated a series of studies. As a result, clinical trials aimed to assess whether localized radiotherapy, as intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT...