"One to three" or "four or more"?: selecting patients for postmastectomy radiation therapy.
review · Level V
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Abstract
A review of randomized trials suggesting an improvement in overall patient survival with postmastectomy radiation therapy revealed that most patients in these studies had three or fewer positive axillary lymph nodes. Therefore, it is logical to consider using postmastectomy radiation therapy in all lymph node positive patients, not just those with four or more positive lymph nodes.
Medical subject headings
- Breast Neoplasms
- Mastectomy