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

Table 3

Local-regional relapse following an unfavorable surgical resection margin.

Author	Close	No: of	No: of	Follow up
	margin/positive	patients	relapses	in months
Godat [13]	<5 mm	39	1	54 months
Rashtian [16]	<2 mm	31	5	61 months
Chan [14]	<5 mm	59	1	96 months
Carlson [12]	<1 mm	19	2	82.3 months
Present study	<1 mm	24	2	55 months
TOTAL		172	11 (6.4%)