Table 1 Tumour- and treatment characteristics at initial diagnosis.
From: Re-surgery and chest wall re-irradiation for recurrent breast cancer - a second curative approach
Characteristic at initial diagnosis | Value |
|---|---|
Patients (n) | 42 |
Year of first treatment | |
Median | 1992 |
Range | 1968-2002 |
Age (y) | |
Range | 30-66 |
Median | 49 |
pT-stage (n) | |
x | 1 |
1 | 15 |
2 | 17 |
3 | 7 |
4 | 2 |
pN-status (n) | |
axillary lymph node dissection | 41 |
node-negative | 22 |
node-positive | 19 |
unknown | 1 |
pR-status (n) | |
R0 | 31 |
R1 | 7 |
R2 | 1 |
Rx | 3 |
Grading (n) | |
I | 5 |
II | 23 |
III | 9 |
unknown | 5 |
Hormone receptor expression (n) | |
ER-positive | 21 |
PR-positive | 19 |
unknown | 3 |
Surgery of primary breast cancer (n) | |
Mastectomy | 18 |
Breast conserving surgery | 24 |
Radiation treatment of primary breast cancer (n) | |
Adjuvant total radiation breast/chest wall dose (Gy) | |
Median | 54 |
Range | 40-65.4 |
Lymph node irradiation | 25 |
Systemic treatment of primary breast cancer (n) | |
Chemotherapy | 24 |
Hormonal treatment | 10 |