[Prognosis of recurrences in case of operated and post-irradiated carcinoma mastitoides (author's transl)].

Between 1970 and 1973, 411 patients suffering of carcinoma mastitoides of all stages were post-irradiated under high-voltage conditions in the Institute of Radiology in Tübingen. These cases were evaluated in order to study the importance of the appearance of a local or regional recurrence. 65 of the patients (= 15,8%) presented recurrences; in 28 of these cases a remote formation of metastases could be diagnosed already before the appearance of the recurrence or at the same time. In 37 cases (=9%) the recurrence was the first and, in the beginning, the only symptom showing a progression of the primary disease. Only a short time later, 30 of these 37 patients were affected with new tumor manifestations. In most of these cases, a close correlation in time can be demonstrated between the appearance of the recurrence and other manifestations of the tumor.