Survival and prognostic factors in node-negative breast cancer: Results of long-term follow-up studies Journal Article
| Authors: | Rosen, P. P.; Groshen, S.; Kinne, D. W. |
| Article Title: | Survival and prognostic factors in node-negative breast cancer: Results of long-term follow-up studies |
| Abstract: | Seven hundred sixty-seven patients treated at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center from 1964 through 1970 by mastectomy and axillary dissection have now been followed for a median of 18 years. This unusual database consists of a consecutive series of women cared for by physicians specialized in the treatment of breast cancer in one institution. The data suggest that patients with T1, N0, M0 tumors of 1 cm or less may be "cured" by mastectomy and axillary dissection, the estimated proportion of "cured" patients being 89%. The data also suggest that node-negative patients can be placed in categories of risk for recurrence on the basis of primary tumor size. |
| Keywords: | survival rate; mortality; multimodality cancer therapy; combined modality therapy; follow up; follow-up studies; lymph node metastasis; lymphatic metastasis; metastasis; risk factors; pathology; breast neoplasms; risk factor; time; time factors; cancer invasion; breast tumor; neoplasm metastasis; neoplasm invasiveness; neoplasms, second primary; second cancer; humans; prognosis; human; female; article |
| Journal Title: | Journal of the National Cancer Institute - Monographs |
| Issue: | 11 |
| ISSN: | 1052-6773 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Date Published: | 1992-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 159 |
| End Page: | 162 |
| Language: | English |
| PUBMED: | 1627422 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Source: Scopus |
