Table 4.
Different treatment modalities.
Type of treatment | Number of patients | Subtypes of treatment | |
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Surgery | Surgery was done in all except in two (both were locally advanced) | Mastectomy+SLNB (9) Simple mastectomy (2) MRM (11) Reexcision+SLNB (10) WLE+SLNB (13) WLE only (11) |
SLNB = 32 patients ALND = 11 patients (as part of MRM) Axillary staging by surgery 43 patients (74%) |
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Chemotherapy | Yes = 18 patients (31%) No = 40 patients (69%) |
IPC = 12 EPC = 3 SPC = 3 |
Neoadjuvant = 2 patients only (both had contralateral IDC) |
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Radiation (XRT) | A total of 33 patients (57%) received XRT | All BCS & 3 Mastectomy patients |
4 BCSs did not receive XRT due to age > 80 |
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Hormonal treatment | All patients except (1) two ER/PR negative and (2) one with unknown hormonal status | Aromatase inhibitor = 16 patients Tamoxifen = 39 patients |
Abbreviations: MRM: modified radical mastectomy; WLE: wide local excision; ALND: axillary lymph node dissection; SLNB: sentinel lymph node biopsy; XRT: radiation therapy.