Table 2.

Crude results for cosmesis at last follow-up for 2,567 patients treated by breast-conserving surgery and radiation. Numbers are percentages (actual patient numbers in parentheses).

Characteristic	All Pts.	Excellent	Good	Fair/Poor
Crude Results	100 (2567)	54(1382)	41(1044)	5(n=139)
Cup Size
A	5 (135)	59 (80)	39 (52)	2 (3)
B	29 (731)	57 (416)	36 (265)	7 (48)
C	26 (669)	52 (349)	43 (284)	5 (36)
D/E	15 (396)	50 (197)	45 (179)	5 (20)
Unknown	25 (636)	53 (340)	42 (264)	5 (32)
Boost Method
Electron	97 (2495)	55 (1360)	40 (1009)	5 (124)
Photon	3 (72)	30 (22)	49 (35)	21 (15)
Boost Energy
6–10 MeV	30 (762)	61 (468)	36 (278)	3 (22)
12–16 MeV	51(1316)	52 (683)	43 (567)	5 (66)
18–21 MeV	16 (410)	52 (212)	40 (165)	8 (35)
6 MV	1 (25)	20 (5)	48 (12)	32 (8)
10 MV	<1 (13)	23 (3)	54 (7)	23 (3)
18 MV	<1 (3)	67 (2)	33 (1)	0 (0)
Unknown	1 (38)	32 (12)	50 (19)	18 (7)
Boost Dose
≤ 10 Gy	10 (250)	64 (159)	32 (80)	4 (11)
11–16 Gy	58 (1483)	54 (805)	41 (609)	5 (68)
> 16 Gy	32 (834)	50 (418)	43 (355)	7 (60)
Boost Size
4–6 cm.	35 (908)	61 (554)	36 (326)	3 (28)
7–8 cm.	41 (1053)	53 (553)	42 (448)	5 (52)
> 8 cm.	10 (253)	49 (124)	45 (114)	6 (15)
Unknown	14 (353)	43 (152)	44 (157)	13 (44)
Whole Breast Technique
Conventional	85 (2174)	52 (1119)	42 (920)	6 (134)
IMRT	15 (393)	67 (264)	32 (124)	1 (5)
Tumor Location
Outer	56 (1425)	56 (803)	39 (558)	5 (63)
Inner	20 (512)	50 (255)	45 (231)	5 (26)
Central	20 (512)	52 (265)	40 (204)	8 (42)
Subareolar	4 (118)	50 (59)	43 (51)	7 (8)
Systemic Therapy
Chemo alone	14 (353)	52 (181)	43 (153)	5 (17)
Both chemo and Tam	15 (387)	55 (213)	40 (155)	5 (19)
Tam alone	30 (763)	53 (406)	41 (310)	6 (47)
No systemic	41 (1064)	55 (582)	40 (426)	5 (56)