Mammographic findings of recurrent breast cancer after lumpectomy and radiation therapy: comparison with the primary tumor. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • PURPOSE: To compare the mammographic findings of recurrent breast cancer with those of the primary tumor in patients who underwent lumpectomy and radiation therapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Mammograms were reviewed of primary and recurrent tumors in 25 patients (26 lesions). Mammographic appearance, location, and histopathologic characteristics were retrospectively compared between primary and recurrent tumors. RESULTS: Primary and recurrent tumors were mammographically similar in 21 (81%) of the 26 lesions. Of 14 primary tumors with calcifications, 12 (86%) recurred with calcifications, and of the 12 masses, nine (75%) recurred as masses. Recurrent tumors that occurred in the lumpectomy quadrant were more often similar in mammographic appearance to the primary tumor (20 of 22 tumors) than those in other quadrants (one of four tumors) (P < .02). CONCLUSION: After conservative treatment of breast cancer, the majority of recurrent tumors appear to be mammographically similar to primary tumors. It is prudent to review preoperative mammograms during follow-up of patients after lumpectomy and radiation therapy.

publication date

  • December 1, 1996

Research

keywords

  • Breast Diseases
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Calcinosis
  • Carcinoma in Situ
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
  • Mammography
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0029852002

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1148/radiology.201.3.8939229

PubMed ID

  • 8939229

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 201

issue

  • 3