Limited surgery and radiotherapy for early breast cancer Journal Article
| Authors: | Harris, J. R.; Hellman, S.; Kinne, D. W. |
| Article Title: | Limited surgery and radiotherapy for early breast cancer |
| Abstract: | Over the past five years, there has been increasing support for the use of conservative surgery combined with radiotherapy as primary treatment for women with early breast cancer. This support is based on published reports from both retrospective studies,1 2 3 4 5 which have demonstrated that this approach can provide high levels of local tumor control and good cosmetic results, and prospective randomized clinical trials,6,7 which have indicated that the outcome of this approach is comparable to that obtained with mastectomy. Although there is general agreement regarding the conceptual aspects of this approach, there has been little consensus regarding the technical details of. © 1985, Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved. |
| Keywords: | multimodality cancer therapy; radiation dose; combined modality therapy; methodology; lymph nodes; lymph node excision; lymphadenectomy; mastectomy; radiotherapy dosage; breast neoplasms; radiation exposure; breast tumor; lymph node; nomenclature; axilla; terminology; humans; human; female; article |
| Journal Title: | New England Journal of Medicine |
| Volume: | 313 |
| Issue: | 21 |
| ISSN: | 0028-4793 |
| Publisher: | Massachusetts Medical Society |
| Date Published: | 1985-11-21 |
| Start Page: | 1365 |
| End Page: | 1368 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1056/nejm198511213132128 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PUBMED: | 4058531 |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 26 October 2021 -- Source: Scopus |
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