Abstract
Our findings continue to indicate that lumpectomy followed by breast irradiation is appropriate therapy for women with either negative or positive axillary nodes and breast tumors 4 cm or less in diameter.
Keywords
LumpectomyMedicineMastectomyBreast cancerRandomized controlled trialAuditClinical trialCancerGeneral surgerySurgeryInternal medicine
MeSH Terms
Breast NeoplasmsCombined Modality TherapyDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLife TablesMastectomySegmentalMastectomySimpleMedical AuditNational Institutes of Health (U.S.)Neoplasm RecurrenceLocalSurvival AnalysisTreatment OutcomeUnited States
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- 333
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- 22
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- 1456-1461
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Bernard Fisher,
Stewart Anderson,
Carol Redmond
et al.
(1995).
Reanalysis and Results after 12 Years of Follow-up in a Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Total Mastectomy with Lumpectomy with or without Irradiation in the Treatment of Breast Cancer.
New England Journal of Medicine
, 333
(22)
, 1456-1461.
https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199511303332203
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- DOI
- 10.1056/nejm199511303332203
- PMID
- 7477145