Regional Nodal Irradiation in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

J. Whelan, Timothy; A. Olivotto, Ivo; R. Parulekar, Wendy; Ackerman, Ida; Chua, Boon; Nabid, Abdenour; A. Vallis, Katherine; White, Julia; Rousseau, Pierre; Fortin, A.; J. Pierce, Lori; Manchul, L.; Chafe, Susan; Nolan, Maureen; Craighead, Peter; Bowen, Julie; R. McCready, David; I. Pritchard, Kathleen; Gelmon, Karen; Murray, Yvonne; W. Chapman, Judy-Anne; E. Chen, Bingshu; N. Levine, Mark

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1415340

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Regional Nodal Irradiation in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

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

Authors:

Timothy J. Whelan

Ivo A. Olivotto

Wendy R. Parulekar

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Most women with breast cancer who undergo breast-conserving surgery receive whole-breast irradiation. We examined whether the addition of regional nodal irradiation to whole-breast irradiation improved outcomes. METHODS: We randomly assigned women with node-positive or high-risk node-neg...

Subject

Breast cancer

NODAL

Irradiation

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