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Tamoxifen and breast conservation
Author(s) -
Kurtz John M.
Publication year - 1998
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(19980601)82:11<2090::aid-cncr2>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - medicine , tamoxifen , breast cancer , gynecology , oncology , cancer
Among estrogen receptor positive patients treated with breast‐conserving surgery and radiotherapy, tamoxifen reduces the rate of ipsilateral breast carcinoma recurrence by a factor of 2‐3. Whether this degree of protection will allow selected low risk patients to be treated without breast irradiation is a subject for further study. See also pages 2204‐11.