Keywords:
Breast, Mammography, Ultrasound, Biopsy, Treatment effects, Cancer, Outcomes
Authors:
E. Castro López, M. A. Maestro Durán, J. MOSQUERA OSES, J. R. Varela Romero, D. Dominguez Conde; A Coruña/ES
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2019/C-1394
Methods and materials
We conducted a retrospective study in our institution from the year 2010 onwards,
in which we included 67 women,
with diagnosis of hormone-receptor positive breast cancer and important comorbidities that prevented the use of surgery as treatment so hormone therapy was used as primary treatment.
It has been carried out a radiological follow-up to evaluate the tumour evolution and treatment efficacy.
Clinical and radiological follow-up was personalized considering the necessities of each patient.
They were being controlled at least every 6 months,
with mammography and ultrasonography,
to establish if there has been any change in the tumour size or its appearance.
This information helped us to decide whether the treatment should remains the same or anything else should be done.
The survival rate in this study was calculated using the Kaplan-Meier estimator.