[Curative cesium therapy of small size breast cancers]

224 breast cancers of less than 5 cm diameter were treated by curative cesium therapy with 8 000 rads a tumor in 8 weeks. 125 had had a previous tumorectomy. Survival at 5 years ranges from 76 to 94 p. cent of cases according to the stage, with 85 p. cent for all the cases. 8 out of 10 healed women at 5 years have their breast preserved, which 15 of primary importance.