Trends in adjuvant therapy after breast-conserving surgery for ductal carcinoma in situ of breast: a retrospective cohort study using the National Breast Cancer Registry of Japan

CONCLUSIONS: Our study found a distinct adjuvant treatment pattern after BCS for DCIS depending on clinicopathologic factors, year, age, which indicate that physicians provide individualized treatment according to the background of the patients and the biology of DCIS. The facilities and regions remain significant factors of influencing adjuvant treatment pattern.PMID:34665435 | DOI:10.1007/s12282-021-01307-z

Source: Breast Cancer - October 19, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Daisuke Yotsumoto Yasuaki Sagara Hiraku Kumamaru Naoki Niikura Hiroaki Miyata Chizuko Kanbayashi Hitoshi Tsuda Yutaka Yamamoto Kenjiro Aogi Makoto Kubo Kenji Tamura Naoki Hayashi Minoru Miyashita Takayuki Kadoya Shigehira Saji Masakazu Toi Shigeru Imoto H Source Type: research