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Radiotherapy in the postoperative treatment of operable cancer of the breast. Part II. A re-examination of Stjernswärd's application of the mantel-haenszel statistical method. Evaluation of the effect of the radiation on immune response and suggestions for postoperative radiotherapy

✍ Professor Seymour H. Levitt; Richard B. McHugh; Chang W. Song 📂 Article 📅 1977 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 756 KB

A re-examination of the statistical methods used to develop the claim that radiation postoperatively decreases survival was carried out. This study demonstrates that a) when correct figures are used, statistical significance is not demonstrated, i.e. there is not statistically significant evidence t