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Background Lobular carcinomas in situ (LCIS) represent 1-2% of all breast cancers. Both significance and treatment remain widely debated, as well as the possible similarities with DCIS. Materials and methods Two hundred patients with pure LCIS were retrospectively analyzed in seven centres from 1990 to 2008. Median age was 52 years; 176 patients underwent breast-conserving surgery (BCS) and 24 mastectomy...
Background Several randomized trials and meta-analyses confirmed a wide benefit of radiotherapy (RT), both after breast conserving surgery (BCS) and mastectomy. However, many elderly women don't receive RT. Hypofractionated (HF) RT allows « simplified » and more accessible treatments with equivalent results to classic RT in three large randomized trials. However, there are few available data on HF-RT...
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