[Calcifications after tylectomy and irradiation for breast cancer. Their symptomatic picture and diagnostic value].

In several institutions lumpectomy combined with radiation treatment is being investigated as an alternative method in the primary management of breast cancer (1-5). In 8 of 53 patients, who had undergone this treatment, new calcifications developed after therapy. In 2 of the 53 patients postoperatively persisting calcifications were encountered.

Imaging of the breast.

A multitude of techniques for imaging and evaluating the breast have been described. Based upon current evidence, thermography does not appear to have any established clinical indications. Computed tomography, ultrasonography, lightscanning, and NMR may be useful as adjuncts to mammography, and further research seems warranted.