Postoperative Radiotherapy in High-Risk Premenopausal Women with Breast Cancer Who Receive Adjuvant Chemotherapy

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Authors

Marie Overgaard · Aarhus University Hospital

Per Syrak Hansen · County Hospital

Jens Overgaard · Aarhus University Hospital

Carsten Rose · Odense University Hospital

Michael Andersson · Rigshospitalet

Flemming W. Bach · Copenhagen University Hospital

Michael Kjær ·

Abstract

The addition of postoperative irradiation to mastectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy reduces locoregional recurrences and prolongs survival in high-risk premenopausal women with breast cancer.

Topics & Keywords

Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Breast Lesions and Carcinomas Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 337, Issue 14, pp. 949-955

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199710023371401

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