Postoperative Radiotherapy in High-Risk Premenopausal Women with Breast Cancer Who Receive Adjuvant Chemotherapy

Overgaard, Marie; Syrak Hansen, Per; Overgaard, Jens; Rose, Carsten; Andersson, Michael; W. Bach, Flemming; Kjaer, Mogens; Gadeberg, C.; T. Mouridsen, Henning; Jensen, Maj‐Britt; Zedeler, Karin

doi:10.1056/nejm199710023371401

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Postoperative Radiotherapy in High-Risk Premenopausal Women with Breast Cancer Who Receive Adjuvant Chemotherapy

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Oct 2, 1997

Authors:

Marie Overgaard

Per Syrak Hansen

Jens Overgaard

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Irradiation after mastectomy can reduce locoregional recurrences in women with breast cancer, but whether it prolongs survival remains controversial. We conducted a randomized trial of radiotherapy after mastectomy in high-risk premenopausal women, all of whom also received adjuvant syst...

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Medicine

Radiation therapy

Mastectomy

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