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"One to three" or "four or more"?
Author(s) -
Marks Lawrence B.,
Prosnitz Leonard R.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19970215)79:4<668::aid-cncr2>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - medicine , lymph , axillary lymph nodes , lymph node , radiation therapy , randomized controlled trial , axilla , breast cancer , surgery , oncology , radiology , cancer , pathology
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.