PURPOSE: To investigate the incidence of fat necrosis, breast tissue fibrosis and breast pain after conserving surgery and accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI, group A), whole-breast external-beam irradiation (EBRT, group B), or EBRT combined with an interstitial boost (EBIB, group C) in women with breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 85 patients who received breast-conserving therapy from 02/2000 to 03/2002 were analyzed. 30 patients received EBRT, 33 patients APBI, and 22 patients EBIB. Median follow-up was 35.5, 35.0, and 37.5 months, respectively. Fat necrosis was detected and rated by mammograms, fibrosis and pain were clinically rated with the LENT-SOMA scores. RESULTS: The incidence of fat necrosis was 15.3% for all patients; and 15.2%, 20.0%, and 9.0% for groups A, B, and C, respectively. The 3-year fat necrosis-free survival probability was 83%, 76%, and 95% (difference not significant). The mean time to first diagnosis of fat necrosis was 25.6, 26.2, and 26.0 months. No patient needed surgical intervention because of fat necrosis-related pain. Fibrosis was present in 27.3%, 63.3%, and 77.3% (p < 0.001), breast pain in 9.0%, 33.4%, and 18.1% (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Asymptomatic fat necrosis is a common finding after both percutaneous and interstitial irradiation after breast-conserving surgery. This analysis did not support the hypothesis that APBI with multicatheter implants leads to higher rates of fat necrosis, fibrosis, or pain.
PURPOSE: To investigate the incidence of fat necrosis, breast tissue fibrosis and breast pain after conserving surgery and accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI, group A), whole-breast external-beam irradiation (EBRT, group B), or EBRT combined with an interstitial boost (EBIB, group C) in women with breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 85 patients who received breast-conserving therapy from 02/2000 to 03/2002 were analyzed. 30 patients received EBRT, 33 patientsAPBI, and 22 patients EBIB. Median follow-up was 35.5, 35.0, and 37.5 months, respectively. Fat necrosis was detected and rated by mammograms, fibrosis and pain were clinically rated with the LENT-SOMA scores. RESULTS: The incidence of fat necrosis was 15.3% for all patients; and 15.2%, 20.0%, and 9.0% for groups A, B, and C, respectively. The 3-year fat necrosis-free survival probability was 83%, 76%, and 95% (difference not significant). The mean time to first diagnosis of fat necrosis was 25.6, 26.2, and 26.0 months. No patient needed surgical intervention because of fat necrosis-related pain. Fibrosis was present in 27.3%, 63.3%, and 77.3% (p < 0.001), breast pain in 9.0%, 33.4%, and 18.1% (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Asymptomatic fat necrosis is a common finding after both percutaneous and interstitial irradiation after breast-conserving surgery. This analysis did not support the hypothesis that APBI with multicatheter implants leads to higher rates of fat necrosis, fibrosis, or pain.
Authors: Adam A Garsa; Daniel J Ferraro; Todd Dewees; Julie A Margenthaler; Michael Naughton; Rebecca Aft; William E Gillanders; Timothy Eberlein; Melissa A Matesa; Imran Zoberi Journal: Brachytherapy Date: 2012-06-20 Impact factor: 2.362
Authors: Samantha M Bitter; Patricia Heffron-Cartwright; Christopher Wennerstrom; Jared Weatherford; Douglas Einstein; Louis C Keiler Journal: J Contemp Brachytherapy Date: 2016-02-09