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Postoperative Radiotherapy and the Pattern of Distant Spread in Breast Cancer

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Non-Disseminated Breast Cancer

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Radiat Oncol))

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Postoperative radiotherapy (RT) has been widely used in the treatment of breast cancer since the inception of RT, and a marked reduction in the incidence of local recurrences has been observed in all studies. This finding demonstrates the eflfect of irradiation on residual neoplastic tissue (Tubiana and Sarrazin 1987). However, the impact of this treatment on long-term survival remains controversial and there is a large discrepancy between the highly eflective local treatment and the somewhat modest gain in total survival (Tubiana et al. 1986).

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  1. Institut Gustave-Roussy, 39, rue Camille Desmoulin, 94800, Villejuif, France

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  1. Department of Radiotherapy, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, 77030, Houston, TX, USA

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  2. Department of Therapeutic Radiology - Radiation Oncology, University of Minnesota, UMHC Harvard Street at East River Parkway, Box 494, 55455-0110, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Seymour H. Levitt M.D. (Head and Professor) (Head and Professor)

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Tubiana, M. (1993). Postoperative Radiotherapy and the Pattern of Distant Spread in Breast Cancer. In: Fletcher, G.H., Levitt, S.H. (eds) Non-Disseminated Breast Cancer. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84593-2_3

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