%0 Journal Article %J Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy %@ 1689-832X %V 7 %N 4 %D 2015 %F Wu2015 %T Interstitial brachytherapy technique for chest wall refractory recurrence of breast cancer %X Purpose : To report the treatment effect of interstitial brachytherapy for chest wall locoregional recurrence of breast cancer. Material and methods : This 44-year-old female presented with chest wall recurrence seven years after modified radical mastectomy for stage II breast cancer. Despite external beam radiation and chemotherapy, the lesion expanded as 5.3 × 5.1 × 3.0 cm 3 , and 8.0 × 5.1 × 4.0 cm 3 . The locoregional recurrent tumor was treated with interstitial brachytherapy under ultrasound guidance. The brachytherapy dose was 30 Gy in 6 fractions of 5 Gy each. Results : Removal of the recurrent tumor was securely achieved by interstitial brachytherapy guided with ultrasound scanning. The refractory tumor in patient healed uneventfully after interstitial brachytherapy without recurrence during the 7 months of follow-up. Conclusions : The ultrasound-guided interstitial brachytherapy may be effective for refractory recurrence of breast cancer. %A Wu, Ning %A Chen, Qianqian %A Zhao, Zhipeng %A Zhao, Hongfu %A Cheng, Guanghui %P 290-294 %9 journal article %R 10.5114/jcb.2015.53868 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2015.53868