T he role of postmastectomy adjuvant radiation in the treatment of operable breast carcinoma remains controversial. Although multiple prospective randomized trials have demonstrated the ability of radiation to decrease the incidence of locoregional recurrence, the absence of a decrease in distant me
Postmastectomy radiation : A modest benefit prevails for high risk patients—reply
✍ Scribed by John E. Olson; Donna Neuberg
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 38 KB
- Volume
- 79
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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✦ Synopsis
W e thank Dr. Fowble for her detailed, analytic editorial highlighting of our article, ''The Role of Radiotherapy in the Management of Operable Locally Advanced Breast Carcinoma: Results of a Randomized Trial by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.'' Dr. Fowble's reaction to our report on the Eastern Cooperative
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