Twenty-Year Follow-up of a Randomized Study Comparing Breast-Conserving Surgery with Radical Mastectomy for Early Breast Cancer

Umberto Veronesi; Natale Cascinelli; Luigi Mariani; Marco Greco; Roberto Saccozzi; Alberto Luini; Marisel Aguilar; Ettore Marubini

doi:10.1056/nejmoa020989

Abstract

The long-term survival rate among women who undergo breast-conserving surgery is the same as that among women who undergo radical mastectomy. Breast-conserving surgery is therefore the treatment of choice for women with relatively small breast cancers.

Keywords

MedicineQuadrantectomyBreast cancerBreast-conserving surgeryMastectomyModified Radical MastectomyRadiation therapyRadical mastectomySurgeryCancerInternal medicine

MeSH Terms

Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBreast NeoplasmsCombined Modality TherapyFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIncidenceMastectomyRadicalMastectomySegmentalNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm RecurrenceLocalNeoplasmsSecond PrimaryRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSurvival Rate

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Year: 2002
Type: article
Volume: 347
Issue: 16
Pages: 1227-1232
Citations: 4358
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                                    Umberto Veronesi, 
                                
                                    Natale Cascinelli, 
                                
                                    Luigi Mariani
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2002). 
                            Twenty-Year Follow-up of a Randomized Study Comparing Breast-Conserving Surgery with Radical Mastectomy for Early Breast Cancer. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 347
                            (16)
                            , 1227-1232.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa020989
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa020989
PMID: 12393819

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