Treatment results in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ treated with adjuvant radiotherapy

ABSTRACT:

Background/aim

The aim of this study was to evaluate the treatment results of patients undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy (ART) after breast surgery with the diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

Materials and methods

A total of 61 women who had undergone radiotherapy following extensive surgical excision were enrolled. All patients underwent 50 Gy ART. Survival analysis was performed using Kaplan–Meier analysis and SPSS 20.0.

Results

The median age was 52 years (range: 28–86). The median follow-up period after RT was 92 months (range: 23–237). The median overall survival and distant and regional recurrence-free and disease-specific survival was 96 months (range: 26–240), while disease-free and local recurrence-free survival was 96 months (ra

SUBMITTER: Guzeloz Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7018213 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature