PURPOSE To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of second breast-conserving surgery with reirradiation using perioperative high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy for the treatment of local recurrence developing after previous breast-conserving therapy. MATERIAL AND METHODS Between 1999 and 2007, twelve patients with isolated local recurrence initially treated for breast carcinoma with the...

: As an integral part of the Chinese Society Clinical Oncology Breast Cancer (CSCO BC) guideline, radiation therapy (RT) section was issued in 2017 and updated annually. The panel members make risk-adapted stratified practical clinical recommendations postoperative RT which reflect latest global literature field high-quality trials from academic centers a timely manner. Considering another func...

BACKGROUND Recent clinical trials have questioned the necessity of breast radiation therapy for older women with early breast cancer. However, the effectiveness of radiation therapy for older women in the community setting has not been addressed. METHODS We used the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare database from January 1, 1992, through December 31, 1999, to identif...

Introduction: Breast conserving radiotherapy is one of the most common procedures performed in any radiation oncology department. A tangential parallel-opposed pair is usually used for this purpose. This technique is performed using 2D or 3D treatment planning systems. The aim of this study was to compare 2D treatment planning with 3D treatment planning in tangential irradiation in breast conse...

introduction: breast conserving radiotherapy is one of the most common procedures performed in any radiation oncology department. a tangential parallel-opposed pair is usually used for this purpose. this technique is performed using 2d or 3d treatment planning systems. the aim of this study was to compare 2d treatment planning with 3d treatment planning in tangential irradiation in breast conse...

We herein report a case of gastrointestinal bleeding induced by angiodysplasia of the cecum in a case of Bernard-Soulier syndrome with recurrent breast cancer. In spite of endoscopic hemostatic therapy and interventional embolization, she had repeated massive bleeding from the cecal lesion. In addition, she had chronic hepatitis C and progressive liver tumors metastasized from breast cancer, an...