Effect of Delayed Adjuvant Radiotherapy in Early Breast Cancer on Local Control, Distant Metastasis and Overall Survival: an Evidence-Based Case Report
Abstract:Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in the world and, by far, the most frequent cancer among women with an estimated 1,67 million new cancer diagnosed in 2012 (25% of all cancers). In principle, radiation therapy is indicated in early breast cancer after breast conserving surgery or after radical mastectomy-withpositive-or-near-margin. Unfortunately, not all aforementioned indicated patients could receive immediate treatment, often due to limited radiation therapy facility. We constructed this repor… Show more
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