[The problem of mammography in patients with breast cancer following organ-preserving surgery and irradiation].

In our study therapy induced early and late effects on the breast were investigated with mammography. All patients with breast carcinoma were treated with conserving surgery and then irradiated. Criterium for the evaluation of the changes was a postoperative mammogram for comparison with the found changes. Severe limitations for the diagnosis of tumour recurrence did not result for this form of therapy.