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Treatment Characteristics
| Treatment Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Lumpectomy | 66% |
| Mastectomy | 34% |
| Radiation Dose (cGy) | |
| Median Breast/Chestwall | 4500 |
| Range | (1080–5400) |
| Median Boost | 1600 |
| Range | (600–1600) |
| Radiation Treatment Fields | |
| Simple Tangents | 48 (55%) |
| Lumpectomy+S CL/III | 9 (10%) |
| Chestwall+SCL/III | 13 (15%) |
| Reconstructed+SCL/III | 13 (15%) |
| Reconstructed Tangents | 4 (5%) |
| Systemic Treatment | |
| Chemotherapy | 56 (64%) |
| Adriamycin | 36 (64%) |
| Herceptin | 8 (14%) |
| Adriamycin + Herceptin | 3 (5%) |
| Hormone Therapy | 28 (32%) |
