Prognosis and effect of conservative surgery in 20 cases of breast cancer
- VernacularTitle:乳腺癌的保留乳房治疗
- Author:
Jun GU
;
Zeping YU
;
Shaohua WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Conservative surgery;
Breast cancer;
Prognosis
- From:
Journal of Medical Postgraduates
2003;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective: Breast conserving surgery has been proved to be a safe strategy and widely applied to the treatment of early breast cancer.The aim of this work is to evaluate the operational techniques and effect of conservative surgery for breast cancer.Methods: We analyzed the clinical data of 20 patients with breast cancer that underwent conservative surgery from January 2004 to December 2007.All the tumors were found to be solitary,less than 3 cm in diameter,and treated by postoperative chemotherapy and radiotherapy.All the patients were followed for 5 to 52(mean 28) months.Results: During the follow-up,2 cases experienced local recurrence and received modified radical mastectomy.All the 20 patients remained alive up to the present study.Conclusion: The principle of specific procedures for specific cases counts quite a lot for satisfactory prognosis and outcomes of breast conservative surgery.
