10-YEAR RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL-TRIAL COMPARING RADICAL MASTECTOMY AND TOTAL MASTECTOMY WITH OR WITHOUT RADIATION
10-YEAR RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL-TRIAL COMPARING RADICAL MASTECTOMY AND TOTAL MASTECTOMY WITH OR WITHOUT RADIATION
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm198503143121102
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
FOSTER, R
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作者:
FISHER, B;REDMOND, C;FOSTER, R
In 1971 a randomized trial to compare alternative local and regional treatments of breast cancer, all of which employ breast removal was begun. Life-table estimates were obtained for 1665 women enrolled in the study for a mean of 126 mo. There were no significant differences among 3 groups of patients with clinically negative axillary nodes, with respect to disease-free survival, distant-disease-free survival, or overall survival (about 57%) at 10 yr. The patients were treated by radical mastectomy, total (simple) mastectomy without axillary dissection but with regional irradiation or total mastectomy without irradiation plus axillary dissection only if nodes were subsequently positive. No differnces were observed between patients with clinically positive nodes treated by radial mastectomy or by total mastectomy without axillary dissection but with regional irradiation. Survival at 10 yr was about 38% in both groups. The location of a breast tumor does not influence the prognosis and that irradiation of internal mammary nodes in patients with inner-quadrant lesions does not improve survival. The results obtained at 5 years accurately predict the outcome at 10 years. The variations of local and regional treatment used in this study are not important in determining survival of patients with breast cancer.