Article
Clinicopathologic features and long-term outcome of patients with medullary breast carcinoma managed with breast-conserving therapy (BCT).
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics - 15 Jul 2005
Vu-Nishino Ha, Tavassoli Fattaneh A, Ahrens Willam A, Haffty Bruce G
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to compare the clinical characteristics and outcome of medullary carcinoma to infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast in a large cohort of conservatively managed patients with long-term follow-up. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Chart records of patients with invasive breast cancer managed with breast-conserving therapy (BCT) at the therapeutic radiology facilities of Yale...
Topics
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Analysis of Variance
- Breast Neoplasms
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
- Carcinoma, Medullary
- Female
- Genes, BRCA1
- Genes, BRCA2
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Prognosis
- Treatment Outcome
