Loco-regional recurrence in 2064 patients with breast cancer treated with mastectomy without adjuvant radiotherapy

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 977-981

  Livi, L ^a   Saieva, C ^b   Detti, B ^a   Meattini, I ^a   Susini, T ^a   Paiar, F ^a   Mileo, A ^a   Rampini, A ^a   Bruni, A ^a   Petrucci, A ^a   Biti, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Local recurrence; Mastectomy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548659428     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2007.01.034     Document Type: Article

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