Internal Mammary and Medial Supraclavicular Irradiation in Breast Cancer

Poortmans, Philip; Collette, Sandra; Kirkove, Carine; Van Limbergen, Erik; Budach, Volker; Struikmans, H.; Collette, Laurence; Fourquet, Alain; Maingon, P.; Valli, Mariacarla; De Winter, K.; Marnitz, Simone; Barillot, I.; Scandolaro, Luciano; Vonk, Ernest; Rodenhuis, C.C.; Marsiglia, H.; Weidner, N.; van Tienhoven, Geertjan; Glanzmann, Christoph; Kuten, Abraham; Arriagada, R.; Bartelink, Harry; Van den Bogaert, Walter

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1415369

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Internal Mammary and Medial Supraclavicular Irradiation in Breast Cancer

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jul 22, 2015

Authors:

Philip Poortmans

Sandra Collette

Carine Kirkove

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The effect of internal mammary and medial supraclavicular lymph-node irradiation (regional nodal irradiation) added to whole-breast or thoracic-wall irradiation after surgery on survival among women with early-stage breast cancer is unknown. METHODS: We randomly assigned women who had a ...

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Medicine

Breast cancer

Hazard ratio

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