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Radiation after breast conservative surgery or after mastectomy reduces local recurrence and improves overall survival in breast cancer

Early Breast Cancer Trailists' Collaborative Group. Effects of radiotherapy and of differences in the extent of surgery for early breast cancer on local recurrence and 15-year survival: an overview of the randomized trials. Lancet 2005;366:2087–2106

Thomas A. Buchholz Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX, 77030, USA
Pages 67-69 | Published online: 04 Dec 2011

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