Lymph nodes in the irradiated field influence the yield of radiation-induced chromosomal aberrations in lymphocytes from breast cancer patients.

Purpose: To measure chromosomal aberrations in blood lymphocytes from breast cancer patients treated with radiotherapy after quadrantectomy or tumorectomy.

Methods And Materials: Twenty-two breast cancer patients treated with breast-conserving surgery and radiation were evaluated. Adjuvant chemotherapy was also given to 9 patients.

Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the lacrimal sac: a case report.

Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the lacrimal sac is an extremely rare presentation of orbital localization of lymphoma. We present a 45-year-old male patient with primary NHL of the lacrimal sac, stage IE, who was treated with surgery and radiotherapy. Fourteen months after the end of radiotherapy the patient is free of disease and does not show any treatment-related toxicity.