Postmastectomy radiotherapy was shown in previous meta-analyses to reduce the risks of both recurrence and breast cancer mortality in all women with node-positive disease considered together. However, the benefit in women with only one to three positive lymph nodes is uncertain. We aimed to assess the effect of radiotherapy in these women after mastectomy and axillary dissection.
Effect of radiotherapy after mastectomy and axillary surgery on 10-year recurrence and 20-year breast cancer mortality: meta-analysis of individual patient data for 8135 women in 22 randomised trials / Mcgale, P; Taylor, C; Correa, C; Cutter, D; Duane, F; Ewertz, M; Gray, R; Mannu, G; Peto, R; Whelan, T; Wang, Y; Wang, Z; Darby, S; DE LAURENTIIS, Michelino. - In: THE LANCET. - ISSN 0140-6736. - 383:9935(2014), p. 2127-35. [10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60488-8]
Effect of radiotherapy after mastectomy and axillary surgery on 10-year recurrence and 20-year breast cancer mortality: meta-analysis of individual patient data for 8135 women in 22 randomised trials
DE LAURENTIIS, MICHELINO
2014
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Postmastectomy radiotherapy was shown in previous meta-analyses to reduce the risks of both recurrence and breast cancer mortality in all women with node-positive disease considered together. However, the benefit in women with only one to three positive lymph nodes is uncertain. We aimed to assess the effect of radiotherapy in these women after mastectomy and axillary dissection.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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