Open AccessReport on Pilot Study of Treatment of Breast Cancer by Quadrantic Excision with Axillary Dissection and no Other Therapy1
Author(s) -
W P Greening,
A C Montgomery,
N. F. C. Gowing
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of the royal society of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1758-1095
pISSN - 0141-0768
DOI - 10.1177/014107687807100407
Subject(s) - axillary dissection , breast cancer , medicine , dissection (medical) , surgery , cancer , general surgery , mastectomy
This paper is a report on a pilot study designed to test the hypothesis that with a negative node status minimal surgery and conservation of the breast is indicated. The preliminary figures giving the recurrence rate and survival time tentatively suggest that this is true.
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