Introduction. In the last 25 years, random trials on the advantages of combined surgery and irradiation/chemotherapy of breast cancer demonstrated similar survival rates to those of massive surgery. However, both irradiation and chemotherapy have advanced and now yield good local control of the disease, so that even large breast cancers can be made operable. Breast cancer follow-up is carried out with imaging and clinical examinations to detect early locoregional recurrences, contralateral lesions and distant recurrences: to this purpose, we carried out a comparative study of all imaging modalities. Material and methods. We retrospectively reviewed the data of 42 breast cancer (T2-T3 NO-N+) patients of the Senology Center of the Catholic University (Rome, Italy) treated with irradiation and/or chemotherapy for tumor debulking to permit conservative surgery. We investigated the sensitivity and the indications of mammography, B-mode and color Doppler US and MRI in measuring the exact tum...
Ruolo della diagnostica per immagini della mammella nelle pazienti sottoposte a radioterapia pot chirurgia o a trattamento prechirurgico radiante o chemioterapico
Belli P.;Campioni P.;
1998
Abstract
Introduction. In the last 25 years, random trials on the advantages of combined surgery and irradiation/chemotherapy of breast cancer demonstrated similar survival rates to those of massive surgery. However, both irradiation and chemotherapy have advanced and now yield good local control of the disease, so that even large breast cancers can be made operable. Breast cancer follow-up is carried out with imaging and clinical examinations to detect early locoregional recurrences, contralateral lesions and distant recurrences: to this purpose, we carried out a comparative study of all imaging modalities. Material and methods. We retrospectively reviewed the data of 42 breast cancer (T2-T3 NO-N+) patients of the Senology Center of the Catholic University (Rome, Italy) treated with irradiation and/or chemotherapy for tumor debulking to permit conservative surgery. We investigated the sensitivity and the indications of mammography, B-mode and color Doppler US and MRI in measuring the exact tum...I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
