BRCA1/BRCA2 germline mutations in locally recurrent breast cancer patients after lumpectomy and radiation therapy: implications for breast-conserving management in patients with BRCA1/BRCA2 mutations.
Turner B, Harrold E, Matloff E, Smith T, Gumbs A, Beinfield M, Ward B, Skolnick M, Glazer P, Thomas A, Haffty B. BRCA1/BRCA2 germline mutations in locally recurrent breast cancer patients after lumpectomy and radiation therapy: implications for breast-conserving management in patients with BRCA1/BRCA2 mutations. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 1999, 17: 3017-24. PMID: 10506595, DOI: 10.1200/jco.1999.17.10.3017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer patientsDeleterious BRCA1/2 mutationsCancer patientsBRCA1/2 mutationsControl patientsAge 40BRCA2 mutationsRadiation therapyControl breast cancer patientsNew primary breast cancerRecurrent breast cancer patientsEarly-onset breast cancer patientsBRCA1/BRCA2 mutationsBreast-conserving managementBreast-conserving therapySecond primary tumorsPrimary breast cancerOutcome of treatmentBRCA2 germline mutationsBRCA1/BRCA2 germline mutationsSalvage mastectomySystemic progressionLocal relapseMedian timeRecurrent cancer