Thursday 22 October 2020

Breast-Conserving Surgery with or without Irradiation in Women with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma of the Breast Receiving Preoperative Systemic Therapy: A National Cohort Study

 

Breast-Conserving Surgery with or without Irradiation in Women with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma of the Breast Receiving Preoperative Systemic Therapy: A National Cohort Study

by Jiaqiang Zhang, Chang-Yun Lu, Lei Qin, Ho-Min Chen, Szu-Yuan Wu 

The Breast: VOLUME 54, P139-147, DECEMBER 01, 2020

To investigate the outcomes of adjuvant whole breast radiation therapy (WBRT) in patients with invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast (breast IDC) receiving preoperative systemic therapy (PST) and breast-conserving surgery (BCS), and their prognostic factors, considering overall survival (OS), locoregional recurrence (LRR), distant metastasis (DM), and disease-free survival.