Abstract
A multicentric randomized trial evaluated the interest of internal mammary dissection on operable breast cancer patients. One thousand four hundred and fifty-three patients were included in the study and were followed for ten years. There is no difference in survival or in relapse-free survival between the two groups. There were significantly more local recurrences in the group without internal mammary dissection, but these recurrences occurred mainly on patients who developed metastases. A great difference between centers was observed in the number of nodes examined and there is therefore a difference in the prognostic value of the number of nodes invaded.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1941-1943 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Cancer |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| Publication status | Published - 1983 |
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cancer Research
- Oncology
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Lacour, J., Le, M., Caceres, E., Koszarowski, T., Veronesi, U., & Hill, C. (1983). Radical mastectomy versus radical mastectomy plus internal mammary dissection. Ten year results of an international cooperative trial in breast cancer. Cancer, 51(10), 1941-1943.