J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.
ISSN 1880-1129

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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 93(9): 1206-1209, 1992

Report on the annual meeting

CONSERVATIVE SURGERY AND RADIOTHERAPY FOR EARLY BREAST CANCER

1) Department of Radiology, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Tokyo, Japan
2) Department of Surgery, Second Hospital of TWMC, Tokyo, Japan
3) Department of Second Surgery, Tokyo, Japan
4) Department of Endocrine Surgery, TWMC, Tokyo, Japan

Tomohiko Okawa1), Shiunsuke Haga2), Tetsuo Kajiwara2), Tsuneto Kimura3), Kyoichi Hamano3), Yukio Ito4), Masaru Izo4)

Radiation dose-effect relationship is reviewed. In conservative treatment of early breast cancer, necessity of radiation is discussed and surgery with radiotherapy technique in our hospital is presented. Our procedures consist of lumpectomy which is removal of 1cm of normal tissue containing primary breast cancer and complete axillary dissection and postoperative radiotherapy of 46 Gy with 9 Gy of electron boost. Since November 1987, 51 patients treated by this procedure have shown a good local control and a satisfactory cosmetic results. We can conclude that the positive aspects of radiotherapy in the management of conservative therapy for early breast cancer are overwhelming.

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