Regional Nodal Irradiation in Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Author(s) -
Timothy J. Whelan,
Ivo A. Olivotto,
Wendy R. Parulekar,
Ida Ackerman,
Boon Chua,
Abdenour Nabid,
Katherine A. Vallis,
Julia White,
Pierre Rousseau,
A. Fortin,
Lori J. Pierce,
L. Manchul,
Susan Chafe,
Maureen Nolan,
Peter Craighead,
Julie Bowen,
David R. McCready,
Kathleen I. Pritchard,
Karen Gelmon,
Yvonne Murray,
Judy-Anne W. Chapman,
Bingshu E. Chen,
Mark N. Levine
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1415340
Subject(s) - breast cancer , nodal , irradiation , stage (stratigraphy) , medicine , oncology , cancer , biology , physics , paleontology , nuclear physics
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.
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