BACKGROUND: Patients receiving breast conservation therapy have a lifelong risk of local
recurrence. To minimize this risk, surgeons have explored various approaches to examining …

Multidisciplinary guidelines for management of invasive breast carcinoma from the American
College of Radiology, the American College of Surgeons, the College of American …

Purpose: To identify predicting factors for local failure and increased risk of distant
metastases by statistical analysis of the data after breast-conserving treatment for early …

Purpose: The association between a positive resection margin and the risk of ipsilateral
breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) after conservative surgery and radiation is controversial. The …

Background: The diagnosis of breast cancer is often made by excisional biopsy without
margin assessment for mammographic findings or palpable masses. Many patients treated …

The establishment of standards of care for medical treatment is a process of building
consensus by using the best available scientific evidence. For many years, representatives …

Locoregional recurrence (LRR) after therapy for early breast cancer is common. Patients
with LRR can suffer both local consequences and symptoms of metastatic disease, as LRR …

Multiple studies have shown that breast-conserving therapy (BCT) and mastectomy have
equivalent outcomes for large populations of women with early-stage breast cancer. For …

PURPOSE: Young women with breast cancer have higher locoregional recurrence (LRR)
rates than older patients. The goal of this study is to determine the impact of locoregional …

Breast-conserving therapy (BCT) is a proven local treatment option for select patients with
early-stage breast cancer. This paper reviews pathologic, clinical, and treatment-related …