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No patients in the study experienced high-grade complications. Grade 1 or 2 complications were not detailed, however. No patients experienced arm edema. Cosmetic results were satisfactory in 89.4% of the conservatively treated patients and 13 of 14 patients followed for at least 10 years still had their breast at follow-up. “Lumpectomy and partial-breast brachytherapy can be considered the treatment of choice in selected patients with low-risk recurrent breast tumors,” the authors concluded.
The conference financial disclosure report indicates no potential conflicts of interest for the authors.7
Always note that findings presented in conferences may not have yet undergone as vigorous an external peer-review process as studies published in the medical journal literature. The ASCO 2011 Breast Cancer Symposium is scheduled for September 8-10 in San Francisco, California. Visit http://breastcasymposium.org/ for more information. ONA
Bryant Furlow is a medical writer based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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