[The value of the localization technique of occult breast changes with reference to future screening programs]. / Die Wertigkeit der Lokalisationstechnik okkulter Mammaveränderungen im Hinblick auf zukünftige Screening-Programme.

A retrospective study of 54 needle localisations of occult mammographic lesions by the technique of Brun del Re shows an easy and precise handling of the method without serious complications and emphasizes the favourable result of the localized breast cancers (a lot of non-invasive cancers, small average size of the cancers, most cases with nodal negative state). Our results are compared to a literature review. The discussion demonstrates the importance of localisation techniques in the set-up of screening programs.

[Breast cancer: locoregional recurrence and subsequent disease course]. / Mammakarzinom: lokoregionäres Rezidiv und weiterer Krankheitsverlauf.

The survival of 409 patients with breast cancer treated by surgery +/- adjuvant therapy is controlled in a retrospective study. 65 (15.9%) patients subsequently suffered from loco-regional recurrences. 41 (63.1%) of these patients showed either simultaneously with the loco-regional recurrence or at the latest within 2 1/2 years after the diagnosis of the loco-regional recurrence distant metastasis. The incidence of the distant metastasis is the more probable the shorter the interval between the primary treatment and the occurrence of the loco-regional recurrence. More prognostic factors for the survival after the diagnosis of the loco-regional recurrence are discussed.