從1987至1994年,21位早期乳癌病人(第一期和第二期)在本院接受保守腫瘤切除手術,並保存了完好的乳房外型,亦稱乳房保守治療,手術後再到放射腫瘤科接受局部放射治療。鈷-六十治療機(Theratron Cobalt-60 unit)或6-MV光子直線加速器(6-MV Linear Accelerator unit)作為治療工具,並用切面照野(Tangential Field)照射患側乳房至5040 cGy分為28次照射,另外在開刀疤痕處再用180 cGy分次量之電子射線(6-MeV or 9-MeV Electron beam),局部照射1000 cGy至2000 cGy。除去兩位失去追蹤之病患,十九位病患之數據分析結果得出,五年存活率為80%,以及百分之百的局部控制率,成效實在令人鼓舞。總而言之,乳房保守治療輔加放射線局部照射之方法,用於早期乳癌病患是值得鼓勵的,因為它除了可以得到良好之局部控制外,還保存了病患乳房之完整美觀,可謂完美之至。
From 1987 to 1994, twenty-one cases of early breast cancer (stage I or II) received conservative operation to preserve breasts. They were referred to the Department of the Radiation Oncology for radiotherapy. Tangential field irradiation using a Theratron Cobalt-60 unit or a 6-MV Linear Accelerator unit was given to the involved breast with a dose of 5040 cGy in 28 fractions, followed by surgical sear boost of 1000 to 2000 cGy in 180 cGy per fraction with 6-MeV or 9-MeV electron beam. With two patients lost to follow-up after radiotherapy excluded, nineteen patients were analysed with an encouraging results showing an 80% 5-year overall survival rate and a 100% local control rate. In conclusion, Breast Conservation Therapy (BCT) with adjuvant irradiation should be encouraged for early stage breast cancer because it has the benefits of a good local tumor control and superior breast cosmetic result.