Is There a Role for Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy in Ductal Carcinoma In Situ?

Table 2

Local recurrence in DCIS following mastectomy—Summary of literature.

Author (year)	No: of	% LR	Length of follow up
	patients	recurrence	In years (median)
Silverstein (1990) [6]	167	2%	10 years
Ciatto (1990) [8]	210	3%	5.5 years (mean)
Cataliotti (1992) [9]	103	3%	10.6 years
Warneke (1995) [10]	75	1.3%	3.6 years
Ringberg (2000) [11]	119	4%	5 years
Carlson (2007) [12]	223	3.1%	6.8 years
Godat (2009) [13]	83	1.1%	4.5 years
Chan (2010) [14]	193	1.7%	8 years
Kelley (2011) [15]	496	3%	6.9 years
Present study	211	0.9%	4.6 years