Journal article
Ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence postlumpectomy is predictive of subsequent mortality: Results from a randomized trial
Abstract
PURPOSE: To determine whether ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) postlumpectomy was independently predictive of distant relapse and mortality in women with node negative breast cancer.
METHODS AND MATERIALS: A randomized trial was conducted in Ontario between 1984 and 1989, in which 837 women with node negative disease who had undergone lumpectomy and axillary dissection were randomized to either postoperative radiation (40 Gy in 16 …
Authors
Whelan T; Clark R; Roberts R; Levine M; Foster G; Group IOTOCO
Journal
International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 11–16
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
August 1994
DOI
10.1016/0360-3016(94)90513-4
ISSN
0360-3016