BACKGROUND: In 1998 the first radiotherapy unit located outside a university hospital in Norway was established at Rogaland Central Hospital. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Results from 222 consecutive @entity1 treated between June 1999 and March 2002 are presented. Median time to follow up was 25 months (range 8-41). All @entity1 underwent a lumpectomy combined with a complete axillary dissection or a sentinel node biopsy. The entire breast was irradiated using 6MV photon energy to a total dose of 50 Gy. RESULTS: As of October 2002, there has not been registered any local breast failures. Three @entity1 developed distant @entity3 and subsequently died from their disease. @entity0 has occurred in one @entity1 . The relative number of @entity1 treated with breast conservation therapy, as compared to the total number of @entity1 operated, has not changed after a unit of radiotherapy was established locally. INTERPRETATION: Our findings show that radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery can be performed safely in a non-university hospital such as Rogaland Central Hospital.

[Radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery in the treatment of XXXX : early results from a non-university hospital in Norway].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity0 :: ('MESH:D001943', 'Disease') :: ['Contralateral breast cancer'] @entity3 :: ('MESH:D009362', 'Disease') :: ['metastases']
@entity0 :: (MESH:D001943,Disease) :: ['breast cancer']
