[Radical radiotherapy of breast cancer. Experience of Créteil]. 1977

B Pierquin, and W Mueller, and F Baillet, and C Maylin, and M Raynal, and Y Otmezguine

Since 1961, we have treated 400 cases of breast cancers by radical radiotherapy (December 1976). The TNM classification of cases is: 25 per cent T1, 55 per cent T2, 20 per cent T3. 80 per cent of patients are N0 or N1a, 20 per cent are N1b. The therapeutic protocal is: for T1 lesions, lumpectomy plus radical radiotherapy, then boost dose with electrons to the axilla (24 Gy) and to the internal mammaryzone (15 Gy), and finally boost dose to the zone of the breast tumor by Iridium 192 implant therapy (25 Gy);--for T2 and T3 lesions, radiotherapy alone with a higher boost dose to the breast tumoral zone (37 Gy). The mammary tumor (or the tumoral zone) receives a total dose between 70 Gy (T1) and 90 Gy (T2 and T3). The five year results for 328 patients with at least one year follow up (actuarial calculations) yield a survival of 89 per cent T1, 84 per cent T2, and 66 per cent T3. The local recurrences are 8 per cent T1, 10 per cent T2, and 26 per cent T3; they can be rectified, under the condition of regular surveillance, by radical surgery. As to the cosmetic results, they are in one half of the cases quite good, in most others satisfactory, in a few poor. We add a prophylactic chemotherapy in the cases with high metastatic risk, i.e. T3 or N1b cases. This therapeutic protocol seems to be highly recommendable for T1 tumors, acceptable for T2, disputable for T3.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007495 Iridium A metallic element with the atomic symbol Ir, atomic number 77, and atomic weight 192.22.
D011867 Radioisotope Teletherapy A type of high-energy radiotherapy using a beam of gamma-radiation produced by a radioisotope source encapsulated within a teletherapy unit. Teleradioisotope Therapy,Teletherapy, Radioisotope,Therapy, Teleradioisotope
D001943 Breast Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the human BREAST. Breast Cancer,Breast Tumors,Cancer of Breast,Breast Carcinoma,Cancer of the Breast,Human Mammary Carcinoma,Malignant Neoplasm of Breast,Malignant Tumor of Breast,Mammary Cancer,Mammary Carcinoma, Human,Mammary Neoplasm, Human,Mammary Neoplasms, Human,Neoplasms, Breast,Tumors, Breast,Breast Carcinomas,Breast Malignant Neoplasm,Breast Malignant Neoplasms,Breast Malignant Tumor,Breast Malignant Tumors,Breast Neoplasm,Breast Tumor,Cancer, Breast,Cancer, Mammary,Cancers, Mammary,Carcinoma, Breast,Carcinoma, Human Mammary,Carcinomas, Breast,Carcinomas, Human Mammary,Human Mammary Carcinomas,Human Mammary Neoplasm,Human Mammary Neoplasms,Mammary Cancers,Mammary Carcinomas, Human,Neoplasm, Breast,Neoplasm, Human Mammary,Neoplasms, Human Mammary,Tumor, Breast
D003037 Cobalt Radioisotopes Unstable isotopes of cobalt that decay or disintegrate emitting radiation. Co atoms with atomic weights of 54-64, except 59, are radioactive cobalt isotopes. Radioisotopes, Cobalt
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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