Exempel på lumpectomy

• This study is the first randomized trial that addresses the use of radiation therapy following lumpectomy in a favorable cohort of elderly women.

• Unlike standard conventional breast radiotherapy, this approach treats only 2 cm of tissue beyond the borders of the lumpectomy cavity instead of the entire breast.

• Large-scale clinical trials have shown that breast conservation therapy, involving lumpectomy and radiation therapy, results in survival rates equivalent to those seen with mastectomy.

• Survival rates did not differ between patients treated by radiation, lumpectomy or mastectomy.

• Seventy-six of them were followed for 83 months following treatment by lumpectomy only (n 21) lumpectomy and radiotherapy (n 27), or mastectomy (n 28).

• These preferences may be linked to differences in geographic access to radiation facilities across regions, because of the need for postoperative radiation following lumpectomy.

• A comparison of ink-directed and traditional whole-cavity re-excision for breast lumpectomy specimens with positive margins.

• Following insertion of the balloon into the lumpectomy cavity, the balloon is inflated via one of the lumens with sterile water and contrast material.

• Who can technically have a lumpectomy up-front but whose physical appearance will be less damaged if primary systemic therapy is given first.

• In breast conservation therapy, radiation therapy is used in combination with lumpectomy to reduce the probability of local recurrence.

• A biologically compatible contrast material is injected into the lumpectomy cavity under ultrasound guidance, revealing its shape and extent.

• In nine women with tumors averaging 1.2 cm, cryoablation was performed followed by lumpectomy 3 weeks later.

• With this approach, after-loading catheters are placed through the breast tissue surrounding the lumpectomy cavity.

• The final component of geometric uncertainty is the potential for the lumpectomy cavity to change shape and/or position independently of the surrounding breast tissue.

• As in similar studies, breast radiation following lumpectomy has a significant impact on in-breast recurrence but not on survival.