Omission of adjuvant radiotherapy following breast-conserving surgery for elderly women with early-stage pure mucinous breast carcinoma.
San-Gang WuFeng-Yan LiJun WangChen-Lu LianJuan ZhouZhen Yu HePublished in: Radiation oncology (London, England) (2019)
This study shows a decreasing utilization of postoperative radiotherapy following BCS of elderly PMBC patients over time. However, postoperative radiotherapy following BCS should be administered for elderly women with PMBC owing to independent association with better survival.
Keyphrases
- early stage
- middle aged
- sentinel lymph node
- community dwelling
- end stage renal disease
- locally advanced
- patients undergoing
- ejection fraction
- minimally invasive
- radiation therapy
- newly diagnosed
- radiation induced
- chronic kidney disease
- coronary artery bypass
- low grade
- squamous cell carcinoma
- patient reported
- high grade
- atrial fibrillation