Experience with partial breast irradiation for treatment of breast cancer at a community-based cancer center.

Background: Many patients after lumpectomy have barriers to whole breast radiation. Accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) was introduced at our institution as an alternative.

Methods: Retrospective review of patients who were treated with ABPI from March 2003 to December 2011 was conducted.

Efficacy of Breast Conservation Therapy in Early Stage Bilateral Breast Cancer.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcome of patients with bilateral breast cancer as compared to unilateral breast cancer treated with breast conservation therapy. Sixty patients with bilateral breast cancer (BBC) and 1,080 unilateral breast cancer (UBC) patients treated with breast conservation therapy from 1977 to 1994 were analyzed for outcome. Of the 60 bilateral patients, 44 were metachronous bilateral breast cancer patients (MBBC) and 16 were synchronous bilateral breast cancer patients (SBBC).