Immediate effects of intraoperative evaluation of surgical margins over the treatment of early infiltrating breast carcinoma.

Aims And Background: Local recurrences in patients submitted to conservative breast treatment for early infiltrating breast carcinomas occur in 5-10% of the cases and are caused mainly by inadequate local resection and remaining residual malignant tissue. The present study was carried out to analyze the effect of intraoperative evaluation of surgical margins and its influence on the immediate surgical management of patients with early breast carcinomas (T1-T2) scheduled to undergo quadrantectomy.

Methods: A total of 102 cases were studied.

Prognostic effects of local recurrence after conservative treatment for early infiltrating breast carcinoma.

Aim: A study was carried out to determine whether local recurrence after quadrantectomy, axillary dissection and radiotherapy (QUART) affects the oncologic prognosis of patients with early infiltrating breast carcinoma.

Methods: A total of 149 patients were submitted to QUART between 1981 and 1990 and followed by an average period of 120.9 months (range, 16-213).