Journal article
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
Abstract
BACKGROUND: 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.
METHODS: We did a meta-analysis of individual data …
Authors
McGale P; Taylor C; Correa C; Cutter D; Duane F; Ewertz M; Gray R; Mannu G; Peto R; Whelan T
Journal
The Lancet, Vol. 383, No. 9935, pp. 2127–2135
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
6 2014
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(14)60488-8
ISSN
0140-6736