ABSTRACT
The analysis of long-term researches of the pathological changes arising in soft tissues at patients with a breast cancer as a result of radical surgical treatment and adjuvant radiotherapy is carried out in work. The article shows that the standard approach to postoperative radiation therapy, which is based only on the prevalence of the primary tumor process is not always justified. Very often it leads to excessive radiation load on the patient's body and the development of local acute and chronic radiation reactions of the skin, subcutaneous tissue and other soft tissues.In this regard, the question of differentiated purpose of radiotherapy acquires special value first of all at patients with small primary prevalence of tumor process. The paper presents the results of studies to study changes in the anterior chest wall in patients with breast cancer. In relation to the conduct of adjuvant radiotherapy more often need to use the concept of personalized radiation therapy. Radical operation, post-radiation early and late pathological changes in soft tissues, disturbance of microcirculation of lymph and blood, disturbance of innervation of vessels of an upper extremity, peripheral nerves in system of a cervical and plexus plexus, leads to intensive degen-erative and dystrophic changes in soft tissues of the upper. and causes morphological changes in them and further progression of reflex neurovascular and neurodystrophic disorders. Based on the data of adverse effects of radio-therapy on the skin and surrounding tissues, as well as to reduce excessive radiation exposure to the patient's body, a differentiated approach to the appointment of adjuvant radiation therapy.
Subject(s)
Breast Neoplasms/radiotherapy , Breast Neoplasms/surgery , Radiation Injuries/etiology , Radiation Injuries/physiopathology , Radiotherapy, Adjuvant/adverse effects , Skin/physiopathology , Skin/radiation effects , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Risk AssessmentABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: Study the nature of structural and functional changes in the thyroid gland in patients with malignant tumors of the mammary glands that have suffered from the Chornobyl accident. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Examination of 80 patients with malignant tumors of the mammary glands at the age of 27-85 years. In 78 patients were diagnosed with breast cancer with different stages of the spread of the tumor process. The participants in the aftermath of the accident were 12 people, living in radioactive contaminated areas - 68. Mammography was performed with the help of mammographs Senographe 700 T and 800 Tsm. Echo- graphic study of the structure of the mammary gland and the thyroid gland was performed on the ultrasound devices Nemio XG SSA-580. Computed tomography was performed on a multi-detector computed tomography 64 ÐТ «LightSpeed VCT¼. MRI was performed on a magnetic resonance imager «Magnetom Vision Plus 1,5 T¼. For trepan biopsies, special needles were used in combination with a biopsy system gun «Magnum¼. The functional state of the thyroid gland was studied by studying the level of the thyroid hormone in peripheral venous blood. RESULTS: The results of the ultrasound study on the structural changes in the thyroid gland (TG) and markers that characterize the functional state of the TG in women with breast cancer, show that 60 out of 80 patients who asked for help with various forms of breast cancer and examined in the clinic, revealed the presence of structural changes in the thyroid gland, which is 75 %.Сonclusions. Structural changes in the thyroid gland in patients with breast cancer, who are considered victims of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident, were diagnosed in 75 %, of which 71.25 % of patients did not know about the presence of pathological changes in the thyroid gland before the examination in the clinic. In the struc- ture of the identified pathological changes in the thyroid gland, 47.5 % accounted for the nodular goiter, 10 % for small hydrophilic and small fibrous areas, 3.75 % for previously undergone surgery for thyroid removal, 3.75 % for chronic thyroiditis, 7.5 % - CAIT, 2.5 % - cystic changes in the thyroid gland, 3.75 % - nodular goiter and CAIT.