Ipsilateral axillary recurrence after breast conservative surgery: The protective effect of whole breast radiotherapy.

CONCLUSIONS: In this large series of women with T1 breast cancer and negative sentinel lymph node treated by BCS, WBRT lowered the risk of axillary recurrence by two thirds as compared to PBI.
PMID: 28063695 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - January 3, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Gentilini O, Botteri E, Leonardi MC, Rotmensz N, Vila J, Peradze N, Thomazini MV, Jereczek BA, Galimberti V, Luini A, Veronesi P, Orecchia R Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research