TY - JOUR
T1 - The prognosis of patients with local recurrence more than five years after breast conservation therapy for invasive breast carcinoma
AU - Van der Sangen, M.J.C.
AU - van de Poll-Franse, L.V.
AU - Roumen, R.M.H.
AU - Rutten, H.J.T.
AU - Coebergh, J.W.W.
AU - Vreugdenhil, G.
AU - Voogd, A.C.
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - AIMS: The increasing use of breast-conserving therapy (BCT) and the rising incidence and improved prognosis of early breast are causing a substantial increase in the absolute number of patients with a late local recurrence following BCT. This study examined the characteristics and the prognosis of patients with a local recurrence occurring more than 5 years after BCT. METHODS: In the period 1982-1997, 3280 patients with invasive breast cancer underwent breast-conserving therapy in one of the eight community hospitals in the South-eastern part of The Netherlands. Of these patients, 98 developed a local recurrence in the breast more than 5 years after BCT. RESULTS: Eighty-five of the 98 recurrences were invasive, 12 were purely in situ and for one patient this information was not available. The 5 years distant recurrence-free survival rate of 85 patients with a late invasive local recurrence was 68% (95% confidence interval [CI], 56-80) and significantly better than the rate of 41% (95% CI, 33-48) in an existing cohort of 173 patients with invasive recurrence within 5 years after BCT (p=0.007). Local excision of the recurrence was followed by a significantly lower local control rate than salvage mastectomy (50 vs 89%; p=0.004). CONCLUSION: The prognosis of patients with a local recurrence more than 5 years after BCT is significantly better than of patients with local recurrence within 5 years after BCT.
AB - AIMS: The increasing use of breast-conserving therapy (BCT) and the rising incidence and improved prognosis of early breast are causing a substantial increase in the absolute number of patients with a late local recurrence following BCT. This study examined the characteristics and the prognosis of patients with a local recurrence occurring more than 5 years after BCT. METHODS: In the period 1982-1997, 3280 patients with invasive breast cancer underwent breast-conserving therapy in one of the eight community hospitals in the South-eastern part of The Netherlands. Of these patients, 98 developed a local recurrence in the breast more than 5 years after BCT. RESULTS: Eighty-five of the 98 recurrences were invasive, 12 were purely in situ and for one patient this information was not available. The 5 years distant recurrence-free survival rate of 85 patients with a late invasive local recurrence was 68% (95% confidence interval [CI], 56-80) and significantly better than the rate of 41% (95% CI, 33-48) in an existing cohort of 173 patients with invasive recurrence within 5 years after BCT (p=0.007). Local excision of the recurrence was followed by a significantly lower local control rate than salvage mastectomy (50 vs 89%; p=0.004). CONCLUSION: The prognosis of patients with a local recurrence more than 5 years after BCT is significantly better than of patients with local recurrence within 5 years after BCT.
U2 - 10.1016/j.ejso.2005.10.005
DO - 10.1016/j.ejso.2005.10.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 16305821
SN - 0748-7983
VL - 32
SP - 34
EP - 38
JO - European Journal of Surgical Oncology
JF - European Journal of Surgical Oncology
IS - 1
ER -