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Goh SSN, Syn NLX, Lim CJE, Lee RE, Samuel M, Ng CWQ. Oncologic outcomes after breast-conserving surgery with radiotherapy versus mastectomy in patients with Paget's disease of the breast: systematic review and meta-analysis. Br J Surg 2023; 110:1451-1457. [PMID: 37682691 DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znad199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND The conventional approach to treatment for Paget's disease of the breast has been mastectomy, but there is an increasing trend to consider breast-conserving surgery (BCS) followed by radiotherapy (RT) in these patients. This study aimed to provide an updated systematic review and meta-analysis comparing outcomes after BCS with RT versus mastectomy in the treatment of Paget's disease of the breast. METHODS Studies before May 2021 were included. Primary outcomes were overall survival and local recurrence. Separate analyses of Paget's disease associated with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) were undertaken. Meta-regression was used to adjust for imbalance in the proportion of IDC among patients selected to undergo BCS versus mastectomy. RESULTS Overall survival in patients with Paget's disease who underwent BCS with RT was higher than for those who underwent mastectomy with pooled mortality hazard ratio (HR) of 0.68, (95% per cent c.i. 0.45 to 1.01). Patients with Paget's disease with DCIS had higher overall survival after BCS with or without RT versus mastectomy, with adjusted HR of 0.14 (0.10 to 0.20) and 0.28 (0.22 to 0.36), respectively. For patients with Paget's disease and IDC, overall survival was lower for BCS with or without RT versus mastectomy, with adjusted HR of 0.84 (0.57 to 1.25) and 1.64 (1.04 to 2.58), respectively. In Paget's disease and IDC, local recurrence risk was much higher for BCS with RT, RR 26.8 (1.60 to 456) versus without RT, RR 51.8 (6.80 to 391). In patients with Paget's disease and DCIS, risk of local recurrence versus mastectomy was lower for BCS with RT 0.72 (0.11 to 4.50) but slightly higher for BCS alone 1.38 (0.09 to 21.20). CONCLUSION BCS with RT may be a comparable treatment alternative to mastectomy for patients with Paget's disease with DCIS, and for selected patients with Paget's disease and IDC.
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- Serene S N Goh
- Department of Surgery, University Surgical Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore
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- Department of Surgery, University Surgical Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore
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- Department of Surgery, University Surgical Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore
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- Department of Surgery, University Surgical Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore
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- Research Support Unit, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Surgery, University Surgical Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore
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Gaurav A, Gupta V, Koul R, Dabas S, Sareen R, Geeta K, Arora V, Parikh PM, Aggarwal S. Practical consensus recommendatons for Paget's disease in breast cancer. South Asian J Cancer 2018; 7:83-86. [PMID: 29721469 PMCID: PMC5909301 DOI: 10.4103/sajc.sajc_107_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Paget's disease of the breast is a rare type of cancer of the nipple-areola complex and that is often associated with an underlying in situ or invasive carcinoma. Diagnosis and treatment of Paget's disease is controversial. Expert oncologists discuss on the update on the approaches of Paget's disease diagnosis and its treatment options. This expert group used data from published literature, practical experience and opinion of a large group of academic oncologists to arrive at this practical consensus recommendations for the benefit of community oncologists.
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- A. Gaurav
- Department of Endocrinology and Surgery, SGPGI, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, BLK Super Specialty Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram, Haryana, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Max Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Oncology, Shalby Cancer and Research Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Paget's disease of the breast is a rare type of cancer of the nipple–areola complex and that is often associated with an underlying in situ or invasive carcinoma. This article provides an overview and we review the main clinicopathological and therapeutic features of mammary Paget's disease.
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- Cansu Karakas
- Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Polgár C, Kahán Z, Orosz Z, Gábor G, Hadijev J, Cserni G, Kulka J, Jani N, Sulyok Z, Lázár G, Boross G, Diczházi C, Szabó É, László Z, Péntek Z, Major T, Fodor J. The Role of Radiotherapy in the Conservative Treatment of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ of the Breast. Pathol Oncol Res 2008; 14:179-92. [DOI: 10.1007/s12253-008-9044-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2008] [Accepted: 03/31/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Solin LJ, Fourquet A, Vicini FA, Taylor M, Olivotto IA, Haffty B, Strom EA, Pierce LJ, Marks LB, Bartelink H, McNeese MD, Jhingran A, Wai E, Bijker N, Campana F, Hwang WT. Long-term outcome after breast-conservation treatment with radiation for mammographically detected ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. Cancer 2005; 103:1137-46. [PMID: 15674853 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is detected most commonly on routine screening mammography in the asymptomatic patient, and has a long natural history. The objective of the current study was to determine the long-term outcome after breast-conservation surgery followed by definitive breast irradiation for women with mammographically detected DCIS of the breast. METHODS In total, 1003 women with unilateral, mammographically detected DCIS of the breast underwent breast-conserving surgery followed by definitive breast irradiation. These women were treated in 10 institutions in North America and Europe. The median follow-up was 8.5 years (mean, 9.0 years; range, 0.2-24.6 years). RESULTS The 15-year overall survival rate was 89%, and the 15-year cause-specific survival rate was 98%. The 15-year rate of freedom from distant metastases was 97%. In total, there were 100 local failures (10%) in the treated breast. The 15-year rate of any local failure was 19%, and the 15-year rate of local only first failure was 16%. Patient age > or = 50 years at the time of treatment and negative final pathology margins from the primary tumor excision both were associated independently with a lower risk of local failure in univariate analysis (P = 0.00062 and P = 0.024, respectively) and in multivariate analysis (P = 0.00057 and P = 0.0026, respectively). For favorable subgroups of patients age > or = 50 years or with negative resection margins, the 10-year risk of local failure was < or = 8%. CONCLUSIONS The current results support the use of breast-conserving surgery followed by definitive breast irradiation for the treatment of patients with mammographically detected DCIS of the breast. Patient age > or = 50 years at the time of treatment and negative resection margins both were associated independently with a decreased risk of local failure.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Age Distribution
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging
- Breast Neoplasms/mortality
- Breast Neoplasms/therapy
- Carcinoma in Situ/diagnostic imaging
- Carcinoma in Situ/mortality
- Carcinoma in Situ/therapy
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/diagnostic imaging
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/mortality
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/therapy
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Confidence Intervals
- Female
- Humans
- Incidence
- Mammography/methods
- Mastectomy, Segmental
- Middle Aged
- Multivariate Analysis
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/epidemiology
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/pathology
- Prognosis
- Proportional Hazards Models
- Radiotherapy Dosage
- Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
- Registries
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Assessment
- Survival Analysis
- Time Factors
- Treatment Failure
- Treatment Outcome
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- Lawrence J Solin
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
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Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) represents a breast lesion that is diagnosed with increasing frequency, mainly due to the wide use of screening mammography. Today, DCIS comprises 15-25% of all breast cancers detected at population screening programs. Consequently, the concepts of properly managing such patients assume a greater importance in everyday practice. Mammographically detected microcalcifications are the most common presentation of DCIS. Despite recent technological advances (including Stereotactic-guided directional vacuum-assisted biopsy), mammographically guided wire biopsy remains the "gold-standard" for obtaining a histological diagnosis in patients with non-palpable, mammographically detected DCIS. Management options include mastectomy, local excision combined with radiation therapy, and local excision alone. Given that DCIS is a heterogeneous group of lesions rather than a single entity, and because patients have a wide variety of personal needs that must be addressed during treatment selection, it is obvious that no single approach will be appropriate for all forms of DCIS or for all patients. Careful patient selection is of key importance in order to achieve the best results in the management of the individual patient with DCIS. Axillary lymph node dissection is unnecessary in the treatment of pure DCIS, but it is indicated when microinvasion is present. In these cases, sentinel lymph node biopsy may be an excellent alternative. In the NSABP B-24 trial, tamoxifen reduced both the invasive and non-invasive breast cancer events in either breast by 37%. Nearly all patients who develop a non-invasive recurrence following breast-sparing surgery are cured with mastectomy, and approximately 75% of those with an invasive recurrence are salvaged. Selected patients initially treated by lumpectomy alone may also undergo breast-conservation therapy at the time of relapse according to the same strict guidelines of tumor margin clearance required for the primary lesion; radiation therapy should be given following local excision. The use of systemic therapy in patients with invasive recurrence should be based on standard criteria for invasive breast cancer.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
- Biopsy, Needle
- Breast Neoplasms/mortality
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Breast Neoplasms/therapy
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/mortality
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/pathology
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/therapy
- Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Female
- Humans
- Lymph Node Excision
- Lymph Nodes/pathology
- Mammography/methods
- Mastectomy/methods
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Staging
- Prognosis
- Radiation Dosage
- Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
- Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
- Risk Assessment
- Survival Rate
- Tamoxifen/therapeutic use
- Treatment Outcome
- United States
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DCIS is a heterogeneous disease whose natural history is poorly defined. Screening mammography has increased the detection rate of DCIS, but we remain unable to identify cases of DCIS that will not progress to invasive carcinoma during an individual's lifetime. Genomics holds great promise in this regard, but prospective studies with long-term follow-up will be needed before concluding that a subset of DCIS is clinically insignificant. The varying intensity of treatment options for DCIS, ranging from mastectomy to excision, RT, and tamoxifen to excision alone, reflects the uncertainty about the natural history of DCIS as well as differing physician values regarding the impact of local recurrence. The extent of DCIS within the breast is the major determinant of whether the patient is a candidate for a breast-conserving approach, and contraindications to the use of breast conservation treatment and to the use of irradiation have been defined. The clinical decision-making process in DCIS would benefit greatly from improvements in our ability to convey information about the long-term risks and benefits of therapy, as well as the tradeoffs in health-related quality of life, to patients, and to incorporate their preferences into the decision-making process.
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- Faina Nakhlis
- Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University, 676 North St. Clair Street, Galter 13-174, Chicago, IL 61611, USA
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Jhingran A, Kim JS, Buchholz TA, Katz A, Strom EA, Hunt KK, Sneige N, McNeese MD. Age as a predictor of outcome for women with DCIS treated with breast-conserving surgery and radiation: The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2002; 54:804-9. [PMID: 12377332 DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3016(02)02988-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE To analyze the long-term outcome of breast conservation therapy in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) in a single institution and to analyze the prognostic importance, if any, of young patient age. METHODS AND MATERIALS The hospital records of 150 patients with DCIS treated with surgical excision and radiotherapy at our institution between 1980 and 1997 were retrospectively reviewed. For most of the patients, intraoperative specimen radiographs or postoperative mammograms were available for use in assessing that an adequate surgical resection had been performed. The median patient age was 53 years (range 32-81), with 13% of patients <or=40 years old. RESULTS At a median follow-up of 63 months, 12 patients had local disease recurrence. The actuarial rate of local recurrence-free survival at 5 and 10 years was 96% and 88%, respectively. Local recurrence correlated with nuclear grade (p = 0.002) but was not associated with patient age at diagnosis (<40 years vs. >or=40 years, p = 0.39). In all cases of local recurrence, patients underwent surgery with or without chemotherapy, and disease control was achieved. CONCLUSION The results of this study demonstrate high rates of long-term overall survival, disease-specific survival, and local control in patients with DCIS of the breast treated conservatively with segmental mastectomy and radiotherapy. On the basis of the excellent long-term local control and 100% disease-specific survival rates, we found that patient age does not affect the outcome if the margins are clear. Continued studies in young patients treated with breast conservative therapy for DCIS are needed.
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- Anuja Jhingran
- Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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- M Morrow
- Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Program and Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Tunon-de-Lara C, de-Mascarel I, Mac-Grogan G, Stöckle E, Jourdain O, Acharian V, Guegan C, Faucher A, Bussieres E, Trojani M, Bonichon F, Barreau B, Dilhuydy MH, Dilhuydy JM, Mauriac L, Durand M, Avril A. Analysis of 676 Cases of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ of the Breast From 1971 to 1995. Am J Clin Oncol 2001; 24:531-6. [PMID: 11801749 DOI: 10.1097/00000421-200112000-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Six hundred seventy-six patients with ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast (DCIS) from 1971 to 1995 were included in the study. Computerized patient files were retrospectively analyzed. Clinical findings were less frequently reported to reveal DCIS after 1989. Positive mammographic findings were obtained in 87% of patients and were mainly represented by microcalcifications (79.4%). Treatment procedures were breast-conserving surgery (BCS) alone (37.5%), BCS followed by radiation (BCSR) (25.5%), or mastectomy (M) (37%). The actuarial local recurrence was 2.6% in the M group (94 months of follow-up), 14.5% in the BCS group (85,7 months of follow-up), and 7.5% in the BCSR group (78.8 months of follow-up). Predictive factors of recurrence in all patients were invaded margin status and age. In the BCS group, grade was also a predictive factor. The analysis per decade shows that the lesions currently diagnosed are less serious than those of the past. All the recurrence in patients with positive margins was in the same quadrant as the original lesion. This further emphasizes the need for clear margins.
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- C Tunon-de-Lara
- Department of Surgery, Institute Bergonié, Regional Cancer Center, Bordeaux, France
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Jha MK, Avlonitis VS, Griffith CD, Lennard TW, Wilson RG, McLean LM, Dawes PD, Shrimankar J. Aggressive local treatment for screen-detected DCIS results in very low rates of recurrence. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY 2001; 27:454-8. [PMID: 11504515 DOI: 10.1053/ejso.2001.1163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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AIMS To review our institution's practice of treatment of a mammographically detected population of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) patients and to determine the outcome. METHODS Between April 1989 and March 1994, 304 women with median age 59 years (range 51-65) with DCIS detected on screening mammogram, were treated in the Newcastle General and Royal Victoria Infirmary Hospitals, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. More than half of the women (n=176, 57.8%) decided to have mastectomy. Other treatment options were wide local excision (WLE) with radiotherapy (n=97, 32%) and WLE alone (n=31, 10.2%). All except five received adjuvant hormone treatment. RESULTS Predominant DCIS was comedo in 122 (42%), followed by cribriform in 87 (30%) and micropapillary in 44 (15%) cases. Grade I was found to be commonest grade (54%) followed by grade II (27%) and grade III (11%). With a median follow-up of 88 months, there were six (2%) recurrences, all of which were in women who were given breast conservation treatment, WLE with radiotherapy (n=1, 1%) and without radiotherapy (n=5, 16.6%). Mastectomy in this series was not associated with any recurrence at all. In three cases the recurrence was invasive, one of who also had distant metastasis. CONCLUSIONS The findings of this study suggest that in women with DCIS suitable for breast conservation, WLE when combined with radiotherapy is associated with a very low recurrence rate.
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MESH Headings
- Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal/therapeutic use
- Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging
- Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Breast Neoplasms/radiotherapy
- Breast Neoplasms/surgery
- Breast Neoplasms/therapy
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/diagnostic imaging
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/drug therapy
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/surgery
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/therapy
- Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
- Disease-Free Survival
- Estrogen Receptor Modulators/therapeutic use
- Female
- Humans
- Mammography
- Mastectomy/methods
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/prevention & control
- Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
- Retrospective Studies
- Survival Analysis
- Treatment Outcome
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- M K Jha
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Newcastle NHS Hospitals Trust, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
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Solin LJ, Fourquet A, Vicini FA, Haffty B, Taylor M, McCormick B, McNeese M, Pierce LJ, Landmann C, Olivotto IA, Borger J, Kim J, de la Rochefordiere A, Schultz DJ. Mammographically detected ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast treated with breast-conserving surgery and definitive breast irradiation: long-term outcome and prognostic significance of patient age and margin status. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2001; 50:991-1002. [PMID: 11429227 DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3016(01)01517-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE This study was performed to determine the long-term outcome for women with mammographically detected ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS; intraductal carcinoma) of the breast treated with breast-conserving surgery followed by definitive breast irradiation. METHODS AND MATERIALS An analysis was performed of 422 mammographically detected intraductal breast carcinomas in 418 women from 11 institutions in North America and Europe. All patients were treated with breast-conserving surgery followed by definitive breast irradiation. The median follow-up time was 9.4 years (mean, 9.4 years; range, 0.1-19.8 years). RESULTS The 15-year overall survival rate was 92%, and the 15-year cause-specific survival rate was 98%. The 15-year rate of freedom from distant metastases was 94%. There were 48 local failures in the treated breast, and the 15-year rate of any local failure was 16%. The median time to local failure was 5.0 years (mean, 5.7 years; range, 1.0-15.2 years). Patient age at the time of treatment and final pathology margin status from the primary tumor excision were both significantly associated with local failure. The 10-year rate of local failure was 31% for patient age < or = 39 years, 13% for age 40-49 years, 8% for age 50-59 years, and 6% for age > or = 60 years (p = 0.0001). The 10-year rate of local failure was 24% when the margins of resection were positive, 9% when the margins of resection were negative, 7% when the margins of resection were close, and 12% when the margins of resection were unknown (p = 0.030). Patient age < or = 39 years and positive margins of resection were both independently associated with an increased risk of local failure (p = 0.0006 and p = 0.023, respectively) in the multivariable Cox regression model. CONCLUSIONS The 15-year results from the present study demonstrated high rates of overall survival, cause-specific survival, and freedom from distant metastases following the treatment of mammographically detected ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast using breast-conserving surgery and definitive breast irradiation. Younger age and positive margins of resection were both independently associated with an increased risk of local failure. The 15-year results in the present study serve as an important benchmark for comparison with other treatment modalities. These results support the use of breast-conserving surgery and definitive breast irradiation for the treatment of appropriately selected patients with mammographically detected ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging
- Breast Neoplasms/mortality
- Breast Neoplasms/radiotherapy
- Breast Neoplasms/surgery
- Carcinoma in Situ/diagnostic imaging
- Carcinoma in Situ/mortality
- Carcinoma in Situ/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma in Situ/surgery
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/diagnostic imaging
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/mortality
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/surgery
- Databases, Factual
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Male
- Mammography
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
- Neoplasm, Residual
- Prognosis
- Proportional Hazards Models
- Survival Rate
- Treatment Outcome
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- L J Solin
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Paget's disease of the breast is a rare disorder of the nipple-areola complex that is often associated with an underlying in situ or invasive carcinoma. A change in sensation of the nipple-areola, such as itching and burning, is a common presenting symptom. Objectively, eczematoid changes of the nipple-areola complex are common. The later stages of Paget's disease of the breast are characterized by ulceration and destruction of the nipple-areola complex. Eczematoid changes of the nipple-areola complex and persisting soreness or itching, without obvious reason, is a suspicious symptom for Paget's disease of the breast and calls for thorough evaluation, including mammography. Exfoliative cytology with demonstration of Paget's cells may be useful, but a negative finding does not exclude Paget's disease of the breast. Surgical biopsy is the diagnostic standard and therefore the diagnosis should always be confirmed by open (surgical) biopsy. The histogenesis of Paget's disease of the breast continues to be debated. The epidermotropic theory holds that Paget's cells are ductal carcinoma cells that have migrated from the underlying breast parenchyma to the nipple epidermis. According to the in situ transformation theory, the Paget's cells arise as malignant cells in the nipple epidermis independent from any other pathologic process within the breast parenchyma. This theory has been proposed to explain those cases in which there is no underlying mammary carcinoma or when there is a carcinoma remote from the nipple-areola complex. Each of these theories is plausible; however, treatment approaches differ markedly depending on the theory of histogenesis. Mastectomy has been considered the standard of care in the management of patients with Paget's disease of the breast. Nowadays, however, some patients with Paget's disease of the breast are candidates for breast-conserving therapy. Patients must be selected carefully on an individual basis. Until there is a better understanding of the relationship of Paget's disease of the breast to the underlying cancer the surgeon should understand the natural history and behaviour of this lesion and be aware of both the risks of under- and over-treating patients with Paget's disease of the breast.
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- G H Sakorafas
- Department of Surgery, 251 Hellenic Air Force General Hospital, GR--115 25 Athens, Greece.
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Solin LJ, Fourquet A, Vicini FA, Haffty B, Taylor M, McCormick B, McNeese M, Pierce LJ, Landmann C, Olivotto IA, Borger J, de la Rochefordiere A, Schultz DJ. Salvage treatment for local recurrence after breast-conserving surgery and radiation as initial treatment for mammographically detected ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. Cancer 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20010315)91:6<1090::aid-cncr1104>3.0.co;2-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Mirza NQ, Vlastos G, Meric F, Sahin AA, Singletary SE, Newman LA, Kuerer HM, Ames FC, Ross MI, Feig BW, Pollock RE, Buchholz TA, McNeese MD, Strom EA, Hortobagyi GN, Hunt KK. Ductal carcinoma-in-situ: long-term results of breast-conserving therapy. Ann Surg Oncol 2000; 7:656-64. [PMID: 11034242 DOI: 10.1007/s10434-000-0656-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The role of breast-conserving therapy (BCT) in the management of ductal carcinoma-in-situ (DCIS) is controversial because of reported high recurrence rates. We reviewed our experience to determine whether the rate and pattern of locoregional recurrence after BCT were similar in patients with DCIS and patients with early-stage (T1) invasive breast tumors and whether local recurrence affected survival. METHODS Between 1973 and 1994, 87 patients with DCIS alone, 22 patients with DCIS with microinvasion (DCIS-M), and 646 patients with invasive breast cancer 2 cm or smaller in diameter were treated with BCT (wide local excision with radiotherapy) at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Survival was calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method. The median follow-up times were 11 years for patients with DCIS alone, 12 years for patients with DCIS-M, and 8 years for patients with invasive breast cancer. RESULTS Eleven (13%) of 87 patients with DCIS and 5 (23%) of 22 patients with DCIS-M had developed locoregional recurrences at follow-up. Two patients with DCIS with locoregional recurrence died of breast cancer. Of the 646 patients with invasive breast cancer, 56 (9%) had a locoregional recurrence, and 16 (2%) died of breast cancer. The median time to locoregional recurrence was significantly longer in patients with DCIS or DCIS-M (9-10 years) than patients with invasive tumors (5 years). CONCLUSIONS DCIS is a favorable disease with an excellent long-term survival. The locoregional recurrence rate in patients with DCIS treated with BCT is similar to that in patients with early-stage invasive breast cancer treated with BCT, but time to locoregional recurrence is significantly longer in patients with DCIS. In patients with DCIS treated with BCT, intense surveillance for locoregional recurrence needs to be maintained for the patient's lifetime.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Breast Neoplasms/mortality
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Breast Neoplasms/therapy
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/mortality
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/pathology
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/secondary
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/therapy
- Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
- Female
- Humans
- Lymphatic Metastasis
- Mastectomy, Segmental/mortality
- Medical Records
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/prevention & control
- Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
- Retrospective Studies
- Survival Analysis
- Texas/epidemiology
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- N Q Mirza
- Department of Surgical Oncology, the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA
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Goldstein NS, Kestin L, Vicini F. Intraductal carcinoma of the breast: pathologic features associated with local recurrence in patients treated with breast-conserving therapy. Am J Surg Pathol 2000; 24:1058-67. [PMID: 10935646 DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200008000-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Local excision and radiation therapy is a standard treatment option for duct carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast. There is no consensus regarding the significant histologic features associated with recurrence. The authors studied a large group of patients with mammographically detected DCIS treated with breast-conserving therapy to explore DCIS volume relationships, DCIS features, specimen characteristics, and the effect of patient age at diagnosis. Thirteen patients (10%) developed a recurrent carcinoma in the ipsilateral breast, resulting in 5- and 10-year actuarial recurrence rates of 8.9% and 10.3%, respectively. Local recurrences were identified as a true recurrence/marginal miss (TR/MM) in nine patients, and elsewhere in the breast in four patients. The notable features associated with TR/MM recurrences on univariate analysis included patient age less than 45 years old, six or more slides with DCIS, no microscopic calcifications within DCIS ducts, and five or more DCIS ducts or terminal duct lobular units (TDLUs) with cancerization of lobules (COL) within 0.42 cm of the final surgical margin. DCIS tumor size, nuclear grade, amount of central necrosis, and margin status were not associated with outcome. Multivariate analysis found that the absence of microcalcifications within DCIS ducts, patient age, number of slides with DCIS or TDLUs with COL, and the number of DCIS ducts or TDLUs with COL within 0.42 cm of the final margin were related significantly to TR/MM recurrence. Patients with a total of six or more slides with DCIS, or who have 11 or more DCIS ducts or TDLUs with COL near the final margin are at increased risk of having a substantial volume of residual DCIS in the adjacent unexcised breast. These results suggest that the volume of DCIS in the specimen, and the volume of DCIS near the margin are associated with local recurrence. These features can be used to identify those patients with a higher chance of local recurrence.
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- N S Goldstein
- Department of Anatomic Pathology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan 48073, USA.
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Goldstein NS, Vicini FA, Kestin LL, Thomas M. Differences in the pathologic features of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast based on patient age. Cancer 2000; 88:2553-60. [PMID: 10861433 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20000601)88:11<2553::aid-cncr18>3.0.co;2-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Young patient age at diagnosis has been reported as a risk factor for recurrence in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast treated with breast-conserving therapy (BCT). The authors examined pathologic features of DCIS in three different age groups of patients to identify differences that might explain why young patient age at the time of diagnosis is a risk factor for recurrence. METHODS Excised specimens from 177 breasts of 172 patients with DCIS treated with BCT were studied. All slides from all specimens were reviewed. Patients were divided into 3 age groups: those age < 45 years, those ages 45-59 years, and those age >/= 60 years. The histologic features that were quantified included most common and highest nuclear grades, DCIS architectural pattern, amount of central necrosis (quartiles), calcifications, amount of DCIS, and number of terminal duct lobular units (TDLUs) with cancerization of lobules (COL) within 0.42 cm of the margin, margin status, and size and volume of excision specimens. RESULTS Patients age < 45 years at the time of diagnosis more frequently had higher nuclear grade DCIS (highest nuclear Grade 3: 69%, 60%, and 39%; P = 0.003), respectively and central necrosis (72%, 62%, and 44%; P = 0. 01), respectively. Although not statistically significant, younger patients tended to have comedo subtype DCIS more often (31%, 23%, and 19%; P = 0.35), respectively. Younger patients also more often had smaller initial biopsy specimen maximum dimensions (4.3 cm, 5.2 cm, and 5.7 cm; P = 0.004), respectively, with close or positive margins (89%, 61%, and 64%; P = 0.03), and more TDLUs with COL in the 0.42-cm rim of tissue adjacent to the margin (5.2, 3.6, and 1.9; P = 0.23), respectively. No other features including the amount of DCIS when classified as > 50% or > 75% of ducts, calcifications within DCIS ducts, pattern of DCIS involvement, number of slides examined, number of slides with DCIS, and mean number of DCIS ducts near the margin were found to occur more frequently in younger patients. CONCLUSIONS Younger patients with DCIS may have an increased risk of local recurrence when treated with BCT due to smaller initial excision volumes, a greater proportion of high nuclear grade DCIS, and central necrosis.
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- N S Goldstein
- Department of Anatomic Pathology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan 48073, USA
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Kim JJ. Part V. Adjuvant therapies for ductal carcinoma in situ. Curr Probl Cancer 2000; 24:163-74. [PMID: 10919317 DOI: 10.1016/s0147-0272(00)90016-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
MESH Headings
- Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal/administration & dosage
- Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Breast Neoplasms/radiotherapy
- Breast Neoplasms/surgery
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/drug therapy
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/surgery
- Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
- Female
- Humans
- Mastectomy, Segmental
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
- Practice Guidelines as Topic
- Prognosis
- Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
- Tamoxifen/administration & dosage
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- J J Kim
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto-Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- C Holloway
- Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Center, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG. Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast: evolving perspectives. Cancer Treat Rev 2000; 26:103-25. [PMID: 10772968 DOI: 10.1053/ctrv.1999.0149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast is an early, localized stage of carcinoma in the process of multistep breast carcinogenesis. The incidence of DCIS is increasing, mainly due to screening mammography, which results in diagnosing the disease in an increasing proportion of asymptomatic patients. Consequently, clinicians are being confronted with growing numbers of women who present with DCIS of the breast; thus, the concepts of managing such patients are assuming greater importance. The most common presentation is calcifications on mammography. DCIS is a biologically and morphologically heterogeneous disease. If left untreated, a significant proportion of these tumours will evolve into invasive cancer. However, when appropriately treated, the prognosis of DCIS is excellent. Optimal management of DCIS remains controversial. The goal in the treatment of patients with DCIS is to control local disease and prevent subsequent development of invasive cancer. For several decades, total mastectomy was the treatment of choice for DCIS and it should still be considered the standard of care, to which more conservative forms of treatment must be compared. Mastectomy is associated with a risk for chest wall recurrence of approximately 1%. Axillary lymph node dissection is not routinely recommended in the management of DCIS. However, mastectomy probably represents overtreatment in a substantial number of patients, especially those with small, mammographically detected lesions. Local excision alone has been suggested in carefully selected patients, whilst the rest of the patients undergoing breast-conservation surgery should be treated with breast irradiation. There is evidence that breast-conservation therapy is an effective option in the management of selected patients with DCIS. The use of radiotherapy after lumpectomy significantly decreases the rate of recurrence. Nuclear grade, presence of comedo necrosis, and margin involvement are the most commonly used predictors of the likelihood of recurrence. There is no role for adjuvant chemotherapy in the management of this disease. The role of tamoxifen in the treatment of DCIS is not clearly defined; tamoxifen should be given only in patients enrolled in clinical trials. Following breast-conservation therapy, about 50% of the tumours recur as invasive cancer. Most patients with recurrent disease can be treated effectively, usually by salvage mastectomy, but also in selected cases by breast-conservation therapy.
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MESH Headings
- Biopsy
- Breast Neoplasms/diagnosis
- Breast Neoplasms/epidemiology
- Breast Neoplasms/genetics
- Breast Neoplasms/therapy
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/diagnosis
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/epidemiology
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/genetics
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/therapy
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Disease Progression
- Female
- Humans
- Lymph Node Excision
- Mammography
- Mastectomy
- Mastectomy, Segmental
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
- Tamoxifen/therapeutic use
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- G H Sakorafas
- The Department of Surgery, 251 Hellenic Air Force (HAF) Hospital, Messogion and Katehaki Str, Athens, 115 25, Greece.
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Kestin LL, Goldstein NS, Lacerna MD, Balasubramaniam M, Martinez AA, Rebner M, Pettinga J, Frazier RC, Vicini FA. Factors associated with local recurrence of mammographically detected ductal carcinoma in situ in patients given breast-conserving therapy. Cancer 2000; 88:596-607. [PMID: 10649253 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(20000201)88:3<596::aid-cncr16>3.0.co;2-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND The authors reviewed their institution's experience treating patients with mammographically detected ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast with breast-conserving therapy (BCT) to determine 10-year rates of local control and survival and to identify factors associated with local recurrence. METHODS From January 1980 to December 1993, 132 breasts in 130 patients were treated with BCT for mammographically detected DCIS at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan. All patients underwent an excisional biopsy, and 64% were reexcised. All patients received postoperative whole-breast irradiation to a median dose of 45.0 Gray (Gy) (range: 43.1-56.0 Gy). One hundred twenty-four cases (94%) received a boost to the tumor bed for a median total dose of 60.4 Gy (range: 45.0-71.8 Gy). All cases underwent complete pathologic review by one pathologist. The median follow-up was 7.0 years. RESULTS Of the entire study group, 13 patients developed recurrence within the ipsilateral breast, for 5- and 10-year actuarial rates of 8.9% and 10.3%, respectively. Nine of the 13 recurrences (69%) occurred within or immediately adjacent to the lumpectomy cavity and were designated as true recurrences or marginal misses (TR/MM). Four patients (31%) had recurrence elsewhere in the breast. Ten of the 13 recurrences (77%) were invasive, whereas 3 (23%) were pure DCIS. Only 1 patient died of disease, corresponding to 5- and 10-year actuarial cause specific survival rates of 100% and 99.0%, respectively. Multiple clinical, pathologic, and treatment-related factors were analyzed for association with ipsilateral breast failure or TR/MM. In multivariate analysis, only the absence of pathologic calcifications was significantly associated with ipsilateral breast failure. When specifically analyzed for TR/MM, younger age at diagnosis, number of slides with DCIS, number of DCIS and cancerization of lobules (COL) foci within 5 mm of the margin, and the absence of pathologic calcifications demonstrated a statistically significant association. Close or positive margin status did not significantly predict for either TR/MM (P = 0.14) or ipsilateral breast failure (P = 0.19). CONCLUSIONS In patients with mammographically detected DCIS treated with BCT, adequate excision of all DCIS prior to RT can result in improved rates of local control. However, margin status may not adequately predict complete tumor extirpation. The volume of DCIS within 5 mm of the margin appears to be a more reliable surrogate for the adequacy of excision. In addition, young patient age and the absence of pathologic calcifications are independent risk factors for the development of local recurrence.
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- L L Kestin
- Department of Radiation Oncology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA
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Goldstein NS, Kestin L, Vicini F. Pathologic features of initial biopsy specimens associated with residual intraductal carcinoma on reexcision in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast referred for breast-conserving therapy. Am J Surg Pathol 1999; 23:1340-8. [PMID: 10555002 DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199911000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The histologic criteria for determining which patients require a reexcision after an initial excisional biopsy for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast are poorly defined. The authors examined the initial biopsy specimens of 98 patients with inked margins and determined the amount of DCIS on reexcision to help clarify which histologic criteria are useful in judging the need for reexcision. Features in initial biopsy specimens that were associated with an increasing number of slides with DCIS on reexcision were an increasing number of slides with DCIS, an increasing number of DCIS ducts or terminal duct lobular units (TDLUs) with "cancerization" of lobules (COL) within 0.42 cm of the inked margin, and multifocal positive margins. In patients with negative (>0.2 cm) initial biopsy specimen margins, an increasing number of DCIS ducts or TDLUs with COL near the initial biopsy specimen margin were also associated significantly with an increasing number of slides with DCIS on reexcision. Six or more slides with DCIS or 11 or more DCIS ducts or TDLUs with COL within 0.42 cm of the inked margin in the initial biopsy specimens were associated with 6 or more slides with DCIS on reexcision. These results suggest that the amount of DCIS in initial biopsy specimens and the amount of DCIS near the margin are associated with the quantity of DCIS remaining in the breast after an initial excisional biopsy. Pathologists can use these factors when assisting clinicians in evaluating the need for a reexcision.
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- N S Goldstein
- Department of Anatomic Pathology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 48073-6769, USA
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Van Zee KJ, Liberman L, Samli B, Tran KN, McCormick B, Petrek JA, Rosen PP, Borgen PI. Long term follow-up of women with ductal carcinoma in situ treated with breast-conserving surgery: the effect of age. Cancer 1999; 86:1757-67. [PMID: 10547549 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19991101)86:9<1757::aid-cncr18>3.0.co;2-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although in recent years there has been a dramatic increase in both the incidence of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and breast-conserving therapy for patients who have this disease, the optimal treatment for these patients remains controversial. Most data regarding outcomes have come from small, retrospective studies, with little data published from prospective, randomized studies. This study investigates the effects of age, postoperative breast irradiation, and other factors on local relapse free survival after breast-conserving surgery for women with DCIS in a large, single-institution series. METHODS A review was performed of all patients with DCIS who underwent breast-conserving surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center from 1978 through 1990. Of the 171 cases identified, data on follow-up and radiation therapy were available for 157. All available pathology slides (132 of 157) were rereviewed to determine histologic subtype, nuclear grade, presence of necrosis, and microscopic tumor size. Sixty-five patients (41%) received postoperative radiation therapy; selection criteria evolved over the time period. The median follow-up was 74 months. RESULTS Factors that were significantly (P< or =0.05) associated with a lower recurrence rate were older age, noncomedo subtype, lower nuclear grade, negative margins, and postoperative radiation therapy. The 6-year actuarial recurrence rate was 9.6% for patients who received postoperative radiation therapy and 20.7% for patients who had excision only (P = 0.05). Comparison of patients of ages > or =70, 40-69, and <40 years revealed a significantly lower risk of recurrence with increasing age. Actuarial 6-year local relapse rates were 10.8%, 14.0%, and 47.2%, respectively (P = 0.047). A benefit from radiation therapy was suggested for each age group. There was no statistically significant correlation between age group and any histologic factor examined. In multivariate analysis, only margin status was statistically significant (P = 0.05). CONCLUSIONS In addition to margin status, pathologic factors, and the use of radiation therapy, age is another factor that should be considered in assessing the risk of local recurrence after breast-conserving surgery for patients with DCIS.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Breast Neoplasms/epidemiology
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Breast Neoplasms/radiotherapy
- Breast Neoplasms/surgery
- Carcinoma in Situ/epidemiology
- Carcinoma in Situ/pathology
- Carcinoma in Situ/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma in Situ/surgery
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/epidemiology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/surgery
- Disease-Free Survival
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Multivariate Analysis
- Necrosis
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/epidemiology
- Postmenopause
- Premenopause
- Time Factors
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- K J Van Zee
- Breast Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Giess CS, Keating DM, Osborne MP, Rosenblatt R. Local tumor recurrence following breast-conservation therapy: correlation of histopathologic findings with detection method and mammographic findings. Radiology 1999; 212:829-35. [PMID: 10478253 DOI: 10.1148/radiology.212.3.r99se41829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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PURPOSE To correlate histopathologic findings with detection method and mammographic appearance in primary and locally recurrent breast carcinoma after breast-conservation therapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Medical records and mammographic findings were retrospectively reviewed; 26 patients with 27 local recurrences after breast-conservation therapy were identified. RESULTS Primary histopathologic findings included six in situ and 20 invasive carcinomas. Of the 27 recurrences, 19 (70%) were at or adjacent to the lumpectomy site and eight (30%) were elsewhere in the breast. All primary ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) cases manifested mammographically as microcalcifications and recurred as DCIS with microcalcifications. Eleven primary invasive carcinomas (10 masses, one case of microcalcifications) were detected only mammographically, three were detected only with physical examination, and six (six masses) were detected with both. Among these 20 recurrences, 14 (five masses, nine cases of microcalcifications) were detected only mammographically, one was detected only with physical examination, and five (five masses) were detected with both. Seventeen (85%) of 20 primary invasive carcinomas recurred invasively: 16 (94%) with similar histopathologic findings and eight (47%) with similar mammographic findings. CONCLUSION In local recurrence after breast-conservation therapy for DCIS, histopathologic findings, detection method, and mammographic findings are usually similar. Histopathologic findings of primary invasive breast carcinoma and local recurrence are usually similar, but the detection method and mammographic findings vary. This is relevant to the interpretation of new clinical or mammographic findings following lumpectomy.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Breast/pathology
- Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Breast Neoplasms/surgery
- Calcinosis/diagnostic imaging
- Calcinosis/pathology
- Calcinosis/surgery
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/diagnostic imaging
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/surgery
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/diagnostic imaging
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/pathology
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/surgery
- Female
- Humans
- Mammography
- Mastectomy, Segmental
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/diagnostic imaging
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/pathology
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/surgery
- Reproducibility of Results
- Retrospective Studies
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- C S Giess
- Department of Radiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Strang Cornell Breast Center, USA
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Vicini FA, Goldstein NS, Kestin LL. Pathologic and technical considerations in the treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast with lumpectomy and radiation therapy. Ann Oncol 1999; 10:883-90. [PMID: 10509147 DOI: 10.1023/a:1008339113607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Lumpectomy and radiation therapy is considered a standard treatment option for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast. The incidence of locally recurrent carcinoma using this therapeutic approach ranges from 6%-19%. Multiple studies have attempted to identify factors associated with the development of local recurrences in these patients. Despite extensive reports examining this issue, no factor(s) has consistently been correlated with outcome. METHODS This review examines the criteria that various authors have proposed as being associated with recurrence, including DCIS grade, size, histologic subtype, status of surgical margins, and technical factors to help clarify their roles in optimizing treatment outcome. The issue of the definition of the type of recurrence is also addressed. RESULTS Though multiple studies have examined the impact of grade, histologic subtype, necrosis, and DCIS size on outcome, no consistent results have been observed to suggest that these factors can be routinely used to guide therapy. The adequacy of excision appears to correlate with local control but is imprecisely defined by margin status alone. Based upon recent data, it appears that atypical ductal hyperplasia and cancerization of lobules in the context of coexistent DCIS, may need to be considered as part of the DCIS lesion that should be excised. This issue may account for some of the disparate results of different studies of DCIS. For statistical purposes, recent studies also suggest that only recurrences developing within or adjacent to the bed of the initial DCIS lesion should be considered when analyzing factors associated with outcome. Recurrences developing elsewhere in the breast may include new DCIS and invasive lesions that bear no biologic relationship with the initial DCIS lesion. Finally, since it is impossible to insure that all DCIS has been removed, it may be more appropriate to consider DCIS lesions as adequately or inadequately excised instead of completely or incompletely excised. Since DCIS is essentially a microscopic disease, pathologists should have a primary role in helping to define the adequacy of excision. CONCLUSIONS Additional studies with complete pathology review and longer follow-up are needed to reach a consensus on which prognostic factors are consistently associated with recurrence for patients with DCIS treated with lumpectomy and radiation therapy. At the present time, adequacy of excision appears to correlate with outcome. However, more precise and consistent methods need to be developed to assist in the determination of adequate DCIS extirpation.
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MESH Headings
- Breast Neoplasms/mortality
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Breast Neoplasms/radiotherapy
- Breast Neoplasms/surgery
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/mortality
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/pathology
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/surgery
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Disease-Free Survival
- Female
- Humans
- Mastectomy, Segmental/methods
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/diagnosis
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/mortality
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/therapy
- Prognosis
- Survival Rate
- Treatment Outcome
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- F A Vicini
- Department of Radiation Oncology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, USA.
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Hetelekidis S, Collins L, Silver B, Manola J, Gelman R, Cooper A, Lester S, Lyons JA, Harris JR, Schnitt SJ. Predictors of local recurrence following excision alone for ductal carcinoma in situ. Cancer 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19990115)85:2<427::aid-cncr21>3.0.co;2-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Cutuli B. [Influence of locoregional irradiation on local control and survival in breast cancer]. Cancer Radiother 1998; 2:446-59. [PMID: 9868387 DOI: 10.1016/s1278-3218(98)80032-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Locoregional control is a crucial step in the achievement of breast cancer cure. In ductal carcinoma in situ, breast irradiation significantly reduces the rates of local recurrence whatever the histological subtypes, as demonstrated by the NSABP-B17 trial (25.8% of local recurrences without radiotherapy vs. 11.4% with radiotherapy). In infiltrating breast carcinomas, complementary breast irradiation has been shown to significantly improve the local control and slightly the overall survival in five randomized trials. Following mastectomy, locoregional irradiation clearly reduces the chest wall and nodal relapse rates, especially in case of lesions more than 5 cm or with nodal involvement and/or large lymphatic or vascular emboli. Two recent randomized trials confirmed the benefit of well-adapted locoregional irradiation in all subgroups, especially in patients with one to three axillary involved nodes. In the Danish trial (including premenopausal high-risk women), radiotherapy reduced locoregional relapses from 32 to 9% (p < 0.001) and increased the 10-year survival rate from 45 to 54% (p < 0.001). In the Canadian trial, locoregional relapse rate decreased from 25 to 13% and the 10-year survival rate increased from 56 to 65%. The meta-analysis published in 1995 by the EBCTCG showed only a modest benefit due to locoregional irradiation in breast cancer. However, when small or old trials were excluded due to imperfect methodology or inadequate irradiation techniques, the benefit of modern radiotherapy became much more evident in a population of 7,840 patients. Locoregional irradiation appears to be able to reduce the risk of metastatic evolution occurring after local or nodal relapse and must be integrated in a multidisciplinary strategy. Treatment toxicity (especially toxicity due to irradiation of internal mammary nodes) is of special concern, as anthracycline-based chemotherapy is prescribed more often. The use of a direct field, with at least 60% of the dose delivered by electrons alternating with photons is recommended to protect the heart and lungs.
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MESH Headings
- Breast Neoplasms/mortality
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Breast Neoplasms/radiotherapy
- Breast Neoplasms/surgery
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/mortality
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/surgery
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/mortality
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/pathology
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/surgery
- Female
- Humans
- Mastectomy
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/prevention & control
- Risk Factors
- Survival Analysis
- Treatment Outcome
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- B Cutuli
- Département de radiothérapie, Centre Paul-Strauss, Strasbourg, France
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Amalric R, Brandone H, Dubau A, Hans D, Brandone JM, Robert F, Pollet JF, Amalric F, Rouah Y, Thomassin L, Giraud D, Henric A, Martin PM, Romain S. [Results of the conservative surgical and irradiation treatment of 132 nonpalpable ductal carcinomas in situ of the breast]. Cancer Radiother 1998; 2:19-26. [PMID: 9749092 DOI: 10.1016/s1278-3218(98)89057-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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PURPOSE Retrospective analysis of results of treatment of 132 subclinical ductal carcinomas in situ, non-palpable. MATERIAL AND METHODS Patients were treated with limited surgery and 70 Gy radiation therapy (70 Gy). RESULTS With a median follow-up of 7 years, the total recurrence rate was 6%, and the actuarial rate at 5 years 4% and at 10 years 13% at. These have no influence on recurrence on the specific actuarial survival rate which was 100% at 10 years. In spite of five infiltrating recurrences of seven, no metastasis appeared 48 months after the salvage surgery. The global rate of breast preservation was 92% at 7 years. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION Therapeutic indications were developed taking into account the present analysis and a literature review (2,338 in situ ductal carcinomas, palpable or not, treated with conservative surgery, with or without adjuvant radio-therapy).
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- R Amalric
- Académie méditerranéenne d'oncologie clinique, polyclinique Clairval, Marseille, France
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Vicini FA, Lacerna MD, Goldstein NS, Horwitz EM, Dmuchowski CF, White JR, Gustafson GS, Ingold JA, Martinez AA. Ductal carcinoma in situ detected in the mammographic era: an analysis of clinical, pathologic, and treatment-related factors affecting outcome with breast-conserving therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1997; 39:627-35. [PMID: 9336142 DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3016(97)00314-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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PURPOSE We reviewed our institution's experience treating predominantly mammographically detected ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) with breast-conserving therapy (BCT) to determine if any clinical, pathologic, or treatment-related factors affected outcome. METHODS AND MATERIALS From January 2, 1980 to January 6, 1992, 107 breasts in 105 patients were treated with BCT at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI. All patients underwent at least an excisional biopsy and 70 patients (65%) were reexcised. All patients received whole-breast irradiation to a median dose of 50.4 Gy (range 43.1 to 56.0 Gy). Ninety-nine patients (93%) received a supplemental boost to the tumor bed for a median total dose of 60.4 Gy (range 59.1 to 71.8 Gy) using either photons (2 patients), electrons (69 patients), or an interstitial implant (28 patients). RESULTS With a median follow-up of 78 months, 10 patients have failed in the treated breast for a 5- and 10-year actuarial local control rate of 91.2 and 89.8%, respectively. Thirteen percent of the population have been followed for 10 years or more. Three recurrences were pure DCIS, and seven were invasive. All patients were salvaged with mastectomy. Nine patients remain without evidence of disease a median of 30.6 months after surgery. One patient failed distantly 36 months after local recurrence for an ultimate cause specific survival of 99%. Potential clinical (age, mammographic findings, method of detection, etc.), pathologic (nuclear grade, margins, etc.), and treatment-related factors (dose, boost technique, reexcision status, etc.) affecting outcome were analyzed. No variable was found to be associated with an ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence. However, when only recurrences that occurred within or immediately adjacent to the lumpectomy cavity were analyzed, both margin status and the extent of cancerization of lobules (COL) near the surgical margin were associated with the development of a local recurrence. CONCLUSIONS Patients treated with BCT for predominantly mammographically detected DCIS achieve excellent rates of local control and overall survival. Both margin status and the extent of COL near the surgical margin appear to be associated with recurrences within or immediately adjacent to the lumpectomy cavity. These data suggest that careful attention to the completeness of surgical resection of DCIS is an important determinant of outcome.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Analysis of Variance
- Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Breast Neoplasms/radiotherapy
- Breast Neoplasms/surgery
- Carcinoma in Situ/diagnostic imaging
- Carcinoma in Situ/pathology
- Carcinoma in Situ/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma in Situ/surgery
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/diagnostic imaging
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/surgery
- Female
- Humans
- Mammography
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/epidemiology
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/pathology
- Radiotherapy Dosage
- Risk Factors
- Salvage Therapy
- Survival Analysis
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- F A Vicini
- Department of Radiation Oncology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA
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Amichetti M, Caffo O, Richetti A, Zini G, Rigon A, Antonello M, Arcicasa M, Coghetto F, Valdagni R, Maluta S, Di Marco A. Ten-year results of treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast with conservative surgery and radiotherapy. Eur J Cancer 1997; 33:1559-65. [PMID: 9389915 DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(97)00137-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The optimal treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast has not yet been established. The effectiveness of adjuvant postoperative radiotherapy after conservative surgery is debated. Few data are available in Italy on the combined treatment. A collaborative multi-institutional study on this issue in 10 radiation oncology departments of the north-east of Italy was conducted. One hundred and thirty nine women with DCIS of the breast were treated between 1980 and 1990. Age ranged between 28 and 88 years (median 50 years). Surgical procedures were: quadrantectomy in 108, lumpectomy in 22 and wide excision in 9 cases. The axilla was surgically staged in 97 cases: all the patients were node-negative. Radiation therapy was delivered with 60Co units (78%) or 6 MV linear accelerators (22%) for a median total dose to the entire breast of 50 Gy (mean 49.48 Gy; range 45-60 Gy). The tumour bed was boosted in 109 cases (78%) at a dose of 4-30 Gy (median 10 Gy) for a minimum tumour dose of 58 Gy. Median follow-up was 81 months. Thirteen local recurrences were recorded, 7 intraductal and 6 invasive. All recurrent patients had a salvage mastectomy and are alive and free of disease. Actuarial overall, cause-specific and recurrence-free survival at 10 years are of 93%, 100% and 86%, respectively. The results of this retrospective multicentric study substantiate the favourable data reported in the literature and confirm the efficacy of the breast-conserving treatment of DCIS employing conservative surgery and adjuvant radiation therapy.
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- M Amichetti
- Department of Radiation Oncology, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy
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Sharma S, Hill AD, McDermott EW, O'Higgins NJ. Ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast--current management. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY 1997; 23:191-7. [PMID: 9236888 DOI: 10.1016/s0748-7983(97)92196-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The management options in the treatment of patients with ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast are reviewed. Results of treatment by mastectomy, wide local excision, and local surgery followed by radiotherapy are analysed. Factors which incline the surgeon towards recommending mastectomy and the conditions which should be fulfilled for breast conservation are discussed.
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- S Sharma
- Department of Surgery, University College Dublin, St Vincents Hospital, Ireland
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Delaney G, Ung O, Cahill S, Bilous M, Boyages J. Ductal carcinoma in situ. Part 2: Treatment. THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF SURGERY 1997; 67:157-65. [PMID: 9137153 DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1997.tb01931.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Several dilemmas exist when treating a patient with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS): the high rate of inter-observer variation for pathologists who must diagnose these tumours; the potential for over- and under-treatment; and the uncertainty about the best way to inform a patient who must often make a decision between breast conservation and mastectomy. Mastectomy is nearly 100% curative, is expedient, but may represent over-treatment for many women, particularly those with asymptomatic mammographically detected lesions. Axillary dissection is not recommended as a routine except for patients with lesions over 5 cm in whom the risk of micro-invasion and lymph node involvement increases. Conservative surgery (CS) alone is associated with a local recurrence rate of approximately 20%, and half of these recurrences (10% overall) are invasive, with a potential long-term cure rate of at least 90%. The addition of radiation to CS reduces the risk of local recurrence to approximately 10%, half of these recurrences (5%) are invasive for a potential long-term cure rate of 95%. Several randomized trials comparing CS with or without radiation therapy (RT) are in progress. The factors that increase the rate of local recurrence after CS alone for DCIS include close or involved margins, and the presence of necrosis or high-grade tumours. Patients with these features should have radiation therapy if breast conservation is preferred. Patients with low-grade tumours (without necrosis) up to 15 mm, with clear margins of at least 10 mm, who agree to be closely observed may be good candidates for CS alone. A critical review of the literature is presented.
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MESH Headings
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Breast Neoplasms/radiotherapy
- Breast Neoplasms/surgery
- Breast Neoplasms/therapy
- Carcinoma in Situ/pathology
- Carcinoma in Situ/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma in Situ/surgery
- Carcinoma in Situ/therapy
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/surgery
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/therapy
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Lymphatic Metastasis
- Mastectomy
- Mastectomy, Segmental
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/epidemiology
- Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
- Tamoxifen/administration & dosage
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- G Delaney
- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
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The management of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is one of the most controversial topics in the treatment of breast cancer. With the introduction and utilization of screening mammography, clinically occult or microscopic DCIS has become the most frequent presentation of this disease. Recent advances in the characterization of DCIS according to histologic subgroupings, size and extent of disease, and nuclear grade have provided important information regarding the natural history of this heterogeneous group of lesions. Critical issues such as multicentricity, occult invasion, and potential for local recurrence and axillary metastases have been addressed in recent series. Prospective, single institution trials and data from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP-B17) protocol have demonstrated that in many patients with mammographically detected DCIS, mastectomy may be over-treatment. Treatment issues for DCIS now focus on the clinical selection process to identify patients best suited for wide local excision alone vs. wide local excision and breast irradiation.
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- M S Talamonti
- Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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Swallow CJ, Van Zee KJ, Sacchini V, Borgen PI. Ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast: progress and controversy. Curr Probl Surg 1996; 33:553-600. [PMID: 8765465 DOI: 10.1016/s0011-3840(05)80019-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- C J Swallow
- Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Canada
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In summary, certain subgroups of DCIS appear not to require radiation. Corroboration of these results from retrospective reviews and prospective trials is necessary to confirm the safety and efficacy of individualized treatment strategies. Even though the current standard of treatment is (1) lumpectomy with radiation therapy, (2) mastectomy, or (3) mastectomy with reconstruction, it is possible in the future to say that patients with low-grade DCIS (the exact criteria to be defined) may be eligible for breast conservation without radiation, and all patients with high-grade DCIS or perhaps low-grade DCIS with necrosis would be treated best by lumpectomy plus radiation. It is possible that a small subgroup of patients may be best treated by mastectomy, or perhaps, as the results of B-24 become available, by radiation therapy plus tamoxifen. The use of tumor markers such as c-erbB-2, cathepsin D, and NM 23 may help us to better define these subgroups, but much study is necessary before a definite treatment strategy is reached.
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- K S Hughes
- Lahey-Hitchcock Breast Cancer Treatment Center, Burlington, MA 01805, USA
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Margolese RG. Ductal carcinoma in situ. Recent Results Cancer Res 1996; 140:131-138. [PMID: 8787056 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-79278-6_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Fowble B. The Role of Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ?The Challenge of the 1990s. Breast J 1996. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.1996.tb00068.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sneige N, McNeese MD, Atkinson EN, Ames FC, Kemp B, Sahin A, Ayala AG. Ductal carcinoma in situ treated with lumpectomy and irradiation: histopathological analysis of 49 specimens with emphasis on risk factors and long term results. Hum Pathol 1995; 26:642-9. [PMID: 7774895 DOI: 10.1016/0046-8177(95)90170-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Forty-nine women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) treated with lumpectomy and irradiation were studied retrospectively. The median age was 50 years (range, 29 to 73 years) and the median follow-up time from initiation of therapy was 86 months (range, 17 to 230 months). Twelve patients presented with palpable masses (0.4 to 4 cm), three with breast thickening, and three with nipple discharge. In 31 patients the tumors were detected by mammography. Intraoperatively, excision of lesions was confirmed by specimen x-ray (38 specimens) or gross inspection (five specimens) and was recorded to be complete. No record was available in the other six patients. Margins of excision free of DCIS were microscopically confirmed in 25 specimens. The size of impalpable DCIS lesions recorded in 25 patients ranged from 0.4 to 5.0 cm (mean, 1.5 cm). Using Lagios' classification system, there were 18 classic comedocarcinomas, high nuclear grade (NG) with necrosis; seven cribriform/papillary, high NG with necrosis; 17 cribriform/micropapillary, intermediate NG with or without necrosis; and seven cribriform/micropapillary, low NG without necrosis. In two patients residual malignant calcifications were present on the postoperative mammogram. Disease recurred in the treated breast at the site of incision in five patients at 18 months and 8, 11, and 12 (two patients) years from initial therapy. The rate of local disease recurrence was 2% at 5 years and 6% at 10 years; three recurrences showed invasive ductal carcinoma and two were DCIS. To evaluate risk factors the following characteristics were considered: necrosis, NG, histological type, periductal fibrosis, periductal lymphoid infiltrate, margin status, age, and method of tumor detection. The end points chosen were recurrence and death from any cause (because only one patient died of disease). Although the recurrences were attributed to residual disease in two patients, of the clinical and pathological parameters evaluated, only periductal fibrosis showed a significant relationship with outcome, with a P value < or = .05 by the Wilcoxon test. On the other hand, using the proportional hazards model, necrosis was a significant predictor for recurrence (P = .02), as was the pair fibrosis and tumor detection when taken together (P = .05). Fibrosis significantly associated with high NG, Lagios' histological subtypes I and II, periductal lymphoid infiltrate, and necrosis (P < or = .0006).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Breast Neoplasms/radiotherapy
- Breast Neoplasms/surgery
- Carcinoma in Situ/pathology
- Carcinoma in Situ/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma in Situ/surgery
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/surgery
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Female
- Fibrosis
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Mastectomy, Segmental
- Middle Aged
- Necrosis
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/pathology
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/radiotherapy
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/surgery
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Treatment Outcome
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Affiliation(s)
- N Sneige
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
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White J, Levine A, Gustafson G, Wimbish K, Ingold J, Pettinga J, Matter R, Martinez A, Vicini F. Outcome and prognostic factors for local recurrence in mammographically detected ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast treated with conservative surgery and radiation therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1995; 31:791-7. [PMID: 7860390 DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(94)00486-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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PURPOSE We have retrospectively reviewed our institution's experience treating a predominantly mammographically detected population of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) patients with conservative surgery and radiation therapy (CSRT) to determine outcome and prognostic factors for local recurrence. METHODS AND MATERIALS Between January 1, 1982 and December 31, 1988, 52 consecutive cases of DCIS of the breast were treated with CSRT at William Beaumont Hospital. Forty-six (88%) were mammographically detected nonpalpable lesions. All patients underwent at least an excisional biopsy and 28 (54%) were reexcised. The axilla was surgically staged in 41 (79%) and all were N0. The entire breast was irradiated to 45-50 Gy over 5-6 weeks. The tumor bed was boosted in 49 (94%) so that the minimum dose was 60 Gy. The three patients not boosted received a minimum dose of 50 Gy to the entire breast. Pathologic materials were reviewed by one of the authors. RESULTS The predominant DCIS pattern was comedo in 40%, cribriform in 28%, solid in 17%, and micropapillary in 15%. The predominant nuclear grade was Grade I in 51%, Grade II in 49%, and Grade III in 0%. The median follow-up is 68 months. There have been three recurrences in the treated breast at a median time to failure of 30 months. The 5- and 8-year actuarial local recurrence rate is 6%. One patient recurred with invasive ductal cancer at 28 months, and the other two recurrences were DCIS at 30 and 50 months. All three patients were treated with salvage mastectomy. The patient who recurred locally with an invasive cancer developed metastasis and died at 64 months. The 5- and 8-year actuarial cause-specific survival rates are 100% and 97%, respectively. The following pathologic factors were analyzed for an association with local recurrence: predominant DCIS histology, predominant nuclear grade, and highest nuclear grade. Of these, the predominant nuclear grade was the best predictor of local recurrence (p = 0.070). No clinical or treatment related factor analyzed was associated with local recurrence. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that excellent local control (94%) at 8 years is obtainable after CSRT in a mammographically detected population of patients with DCIS. The predominant nuclear grade was the only factor found that may be associated with local recurrence.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging
- Breast Neoplasms/mortality
- Breast Neoplasms/radiotherapy
- Breast Neoplasms/surgery
- Carcinoma in Situ/diagnostic imaging
- Carcinoma in Situ/mortality
- Carcinoma in Situ/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma in Situ/surgery
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/diagnostic imaging
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/mortality
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/surgery
- Female
- Humans
- Mammography
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/epidemiology
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/mortality
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/pathology
- Prognosis
- Retrospective Studies
- Salvage Therapy
- Time Factors
- Treatment Outcome
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Affiliation(s)
- J White
- Department of Radiation Oncology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 48073
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Chu FC. Organ and functional preservation in the management of breast cancer. Cancer Invest 1995; 13:75-85. [PMID: 7834476 DOI: 10.3109/07357909509024898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Breast conservation surgery combined with radiation therapy has established itself as a good alternative to mastectomy for patients with stage I and II breast cancer. This method can also be used to treat patients with DCIS. Careful clinical, mammographic, and pathological evaluations are essential for appropriate selection of patients for breast conservation treatment. Particular attention must be paid to the application of skillful surgical and radiotherapeutic techniques in order to achieve satisfactory long-term control, survival, and cosmetic results. Adjuvant chemotherapy may be used when indicated. The integration of chemotherapy with radiation therapy may be sequential or concurrent, but the optimal method of integration has not yet been determined.
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- F C Chu
- Department of Radiology, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York 10021
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Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is an early, localized stage of breast carcinoma that has an excellent prognosis when it is properly treated. The significant increase in the frequency of diagnosis of DCIS in recent years is the result of both better recognition of DCIS among pathologists and widespread use of screening mammography. Multicentricity, bilaterality and histologic subtype are important considerations in the management of this disease. The clinical presentation of DCIS is the presence of either a palpable mass or a mammographic abnormality, most frequently in the form of an area of microcalcifications. For several decades, total mastectomy was considered the appropriate treatment for DCIS, and it should still be considered the standard to which more conservative forms of treatment must be compared. Breast conservation surgery has been used with increasing frequency in the treatment of DCIS but the adequacy of this approach remains subject to controversy. Segmental mastectomy alone may be applied with caution in carefully selected patients, while the rest of the patients undergoing breast conservation surgery should be treated with breast irradiation. Axillary node dissection is generally considered unnecessary in the treatment of DCIS. There is no role for adjuvant chemotherapy in the management of this disease. The role of tamoxifen in the treatment of DCIS is not clearly defined and it should be given only to patients enrolled in clinical trials. Ongoing research should clarify the controversies surrounding DCIS and enable us to define the optimal management for this disease.
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MESH Headings
- Breast Neoplasms/diagnosis
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Breast Neoplasms/therapy
- Breast Neoplasms, Male/diagnosis
- Breast Neoplasms, Male/therapy
- Carcinoma in Situ/diagnosis
- Carcinoma in Situ/secondary
- Carcinoma in Situ/therapy
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/diagnosis
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/secondary
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/therapy
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Female
- Humans
- Lymphatic Metastasis
- Male
- Mammography
- Mastectomy
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/therapy
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/therapy
- Prognosis
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- M P Vezeridis
- Department of Surgery, Brown University School of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903, USA
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Solin LJ, Fourquet A, McCormick B, Haffty B, Recht A, Schultz DJ, Barrett W, Fowble BL, Kuske R, Taylor M. Salvage treatment for local recurrence following breast-conserving surgery and definitive irradiation for ductal carcinoma in situ (intraductal carcinoma) of the breast. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1994; 30:3-9. [PMID: 8083125 DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(94)90512-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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PURPOSE The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the outcome of salvage treatment for local recurrence in the breast following the initial treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ (intraductal carcinoma) with breast-conserving surgery and definitive breast irradiation. METHODS AND MATERIALS An analysis was performed of 42 local failures in the breast that occurred following the initial treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ (intraductal carcinoma) with breast-conserving surgery and definitive breast irradiation. At the time of the local recurrence, 23 cases (55%) showed invasive ductal carcinoma, and 19 cases (45%) showed intraductal carcinoma, one with associated Paget's disease. The surgical treatment at the time of local recurrence included mastectomy (n = 39), excision (n = 2), or other (n = 1). Adjuvant systemic therapy at the time of local recurrence included chemotherapy (n = 2), hormonal treatment (n = 7), both (n = 1), or none (n = 32). The median follow-up after salvage treatment was 3.7 years (mean = 4.0 years; range = 0.1-9.5 years). RESULTS The 5-year actuarial outcome following salvage treatment for the 42 local recurrences showed an overall survival rate of 78% and a cause-specific survival rate of 84%. The 5-year actuarial rate of freedom from distant metastases was 86%. None of the patients with histology of the local recurrence of intraductal carcinoma or with detection of the local recurrence with mammographic findings only developed distant metastatic disease after salvage treatment. The 5-year actuarial rate of freedom from chest wall recurrence following salvage mastectomy was 92%. All three of the patients who developed chest wall recurrence following salvage mastectomy also developed distant metastatic disease. CONCLUSIONS These results demonstrate that local recurrences following the initial treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ with breast-conserving surgery and definitive breast irradiation can be salvaged with high rates of survival, freedom from distant metastases, and freedom from chest wall recurrence. The results of salvage treatment support the use of breast-conserving surgery and definitive breast irradiation for the initial management of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Breast Neoplasms/radiotherapy
- Breast Neoplasms/surgery
- Carcinoma in Situ/drug therapy
- Carcinoma in Situ/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma in Situ/surgery
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/drug therapy
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/surgery
- Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Female
- Humans
- Lymph Nodes/surgery
- Lymphatic Metastasis
- Mastectomy
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/drug therapy
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/surgery
- Ovariectomy
- Prognosis
- Salvage Therapy
- Tamoxifen/therapeutic use
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- L J Solin
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
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OBJECTIVE An in-depth retrospective review of the multidisciplinary approach to the management of carcinoma of the breast was done. The author reviewed previous trials and treatment from the past to the present. The indications and contraindications of surgical procedures, radiation therapy, systemic chemotherapy, and hormonal therapy are discussed. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Carcinoma of the breast is one of the most common malignancies treated by the practicing general or oncologic surgeon. The disease is best treated using a multidisciplinary approach, combining the efforts of surgery, radiation therapy, and systemic treatments. Understanding the indications and contraindications for each of these modalities will provide the practicing surgeon the most up-to-date algorithms for the management of his/her patient. CONCLUSIONS The author provides a comprehensive analysis of the multidisciplinary approach to the management of carcinoma of the breast. It emphasizes the results of previous trials and discusses future controversies and areas for study.
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- T J Eberlein
- Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Frykberg ER, Bland KI. Overview of the biology and management of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. Cancer 1994; 74:350-61. [PMID: 8004607 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.2820741321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast (DCIS) is an early, noninvasive stage of breast malignancy that arises from ductal epithelium and has an especially favorable prognosis. Its biologic characteristics are consistent with a direct precursor to invasive carcinoma, which develops in the majority of cases if left untreated, generally within 10 years of diagnosis. Mammography has resulted in a substantial increase in its diagnosis, as well as a change in its presentation from large, palpable masses to nonpalpable lesions manifested primarily as microcalcifications. The same treatment options are available for DCIS as for invasive breast carcinoma, and there is also a limited role for wide local excision alone in incidental lesions. Most cases of DCIS currently are treated effectively by lumpectomy and radiation therapy, although the fact that 50% of all local breast recurrences are invasive lesions may affect survival adversely. Mastectomy is associated with the best survival rates and should be performed on any patient with factors known to pose a high risk of locoregional recurrence. There are still many outstanding issues to be resolved by further study before the intriguing potential of this disease can be realized fully.
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- E R Frykberg
- Department of Surgery, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, FL 32209
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In situ breast carcinoma represents an early localized stage in the transition to invasive breast carcinoma and has an especially favorable prognosis with appropriate management. The widespread use of mammography has contributed to its increased rate of diagnosis. The two histologic forms of this entity have distinct pathologic and biologic characteristics, with different therapeutic implications. Lobular carcinoma in situ is considered a marker of increased risk for subsequent invasive carcinoma and is most commonly managed by nonoperative surveillance. Ductal carcinoma in situ behaves more as a true anatomic precursor of invasive disease and has the same therapeutic options as invasive breast carcinoma. Minimally invasive breast carcinoma should be considered a fundamentally different entity, primarily because of its potential for systemic metastasis that in situ lesions do not theoretically have. There are still many outstanding issues and dilemmas to be resolved by scientific investigation before the intriguing potential of these early forms of breast malignancy are fully understood.
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- E R Frykberg
- Department of Surgery, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville 32209
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Ray GR, Adelson J, Hayhurst E, Marzoni A, Gregg D, Bronk M, McClenathan J, Bitar N, Macio I. Ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast: results of treatment by conservative surgery and definitive irradiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1994; 28:105-11. [PMID: 8270430 DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(94)90147-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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PURPOSE To determine local control, survivorship, and cosmesis in women with ductal carcinoma in situ treated by conservative surgery and radiation therapy. METHODS AND MATERIALS We retrospectively analyzed the results of treatment in 56 women with in situ carcinoma of the breast, treated between 1976 and 1990 by conservative surgery and irradiation. Two women had bilateral tumors, for a total of 58 breasts at risk. All patients underwent gross excision of the tumor followed by radiation to the entire breast and a sequential boost to the tumor bed. Eight of the 21 evaluable tumors (38%) had inadequate pathologic margins at the time of excision. Routine re-excision was not performed. The median dose to the whole breast and primary tumor site was 5000 cGy and 6940 cGy, respectively. Median follow-up was 61 months (range 27-191 months). RESULTS Five patients (9%) failed in the breast for an 8-year actuarial local failure rate of 11%. Median time to failure was 34 months. All five patients with local recurrence underwent mastectomy and are alive, without evidence of disease at a mean of 40 months post mastectomy. The 8-year actuarial absolute and cause specific survivals were 89% and 100%, respectively. Cosmetic results were excellent or totally acceptable in 90% of patients. CONCLUSION Patients with ductal carcinoma in situ treated by excision and irradiation achieved acceptable local control and excellent survival and cosmetic results. Because of the long time course associated with local failure, diligent and protracted follow-up is mandatory.
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- G R Ray
- Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Radiation Oncology, CA 94301
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Kuske RR, Bean JM, Garcia DM, Perez CA, Andriole D, Philpott G, Fineberg B. Breast conservation therapy for intraductal carcinoma of the breast. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1993; 26:391-6. [PMID: 8390417 DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(93)90955-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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PURPOSE Between 1979 and 1987, 76 women with 77 ductal carcinomas in-situ of the breast were evaluated by The Radiation Oncology Center after breast conservation surgery. METHODS AND MATERIALS Seventy breasts (91%) had tylectomy and irradiation and seven breasts (9%) had tylectomy alone. Median follow-up was 4.0 years, with a range of 2-10 years. Fifty patients (65%) had occult lesions discovered by mammography with a median mammographic size of 0.9 cm. The twenty-six patients with presenting symptoms had a median clinical tumor size of 1.95 cm. All patients had local excision of the primary tumor. Of 15 patients who had axillary dissections, one had nodal metastasis. Seventy breasts were irradiated. Seven patients refused radiotherapy. RESULTS Overall 5-year actuarial survival was 99%; 5-year actuarial disease-free survival was 89%; the 5-year actuarial intramammary tumor control rate for irradiated patients was 93% vs. 57% for patients not irradiated (p < 0.001). Comedocarcinoma had a 5-year actuarial tumor control rate of 75%, 88% in the irradiated group as compared to 98% for all other histologic subtypes of ductal carcinoma in situ (p < 0.03). All six patients with local failure were successfully salvaged by further surgery. Multivariate analysis revealed significant factors in local control to be (a) radiotherapy, (b) comedocarcinoma histology, and (c) menopausal status. CONCLUSIONS Although the number of patients treated is small, and follow-up time is limited, these early results support the contention that the treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ by excision and irradiation is an acceptable alternative to mastectomy. We urge caution in treating patients with the comedocarcinoma subtype and counsel these patients to have more treatment than excision alone.
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MESH Headings
- Adenocarcinoma/epidemiology
- Adenocarcinoma/radiotherapy
- Adenocarcinoma/surgery
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Breast Neoplasms/epidemiology
- Breast Neoplasms/radiotherapy
- Breast Neoplasms/surgery
- Carcinoma in Situ/epidemiology
- Carcinoma in Situ/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma in Situ/surgery
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/epidemiology
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/surgery
- Carcinoma, Papillary/epidemiology
- Carcinoma, Papillary/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma, Papillary/surgery
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Female
- Humans
- Mastectomy, Segmental
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/epidemiology
- Retrospective Studies
- Survival Rate
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- R R Kuske
- Radiation Oncology Center, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO 63110
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