Radiotherapy or tamoxifen after conserving surgery for breast cancers of excellent prognosis: British Association of Surgical Oncology (BASO) II trial

Abstract Background The incidence of local recurrence (LR) after conservative surgery for early breast cancer without adjuvant therapy is unacceptably high even with favourable tumours. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of adjuvant therapies in tumours with excellent prognostic feature...

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Published in:	European journal of cancer (1990) 2013-07, Vol.49 (10), p.2294-2302
Main Authors:	Blamey, R.W, Bates, T, Chetty, U, Duffy, S.W, Ellis, I.O, George, D, Mallon, E, Mitchell, M.J, Monypenny, I, Morgan, D.A.L, Macmillan, R.D, Patnick, J, Pinder, S.E
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Language:	eng
Subjects:	Adult Aged Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Breast cancer Breast Neoplasms - drug therapy Breast Neoplasms - radiotherapy Breast Neoplasms - surgery Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant Female Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine Humans Local recurrence Mastectomy, Segmental Medical sciences Middle Aged Multiple tumors. Solid tumors. Tumors in childhood (general aspects) Neoplasm Recurrence, Local Pharmacology. Drug treatments Prognosis Radiotherapy Radiotherapy - methods Randomised clinical trial Survival Analysis Tamoxifen Tamoxifen - therapeutic use Treatment Outcome Tumors
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