Locally recurrent breast cancer after 'radical' surgery.
Tumor recurrence at the site of radical surgery for mammary carcinoma has been studied in 101 cases. Analysis revealed the proximate causes--tumour size, axillary node metastases--and the more extensive type of surgery have a positive correlation even if the P values do not reach the significant value. The prognosis suggests that clinically this phenomenon, seen in the long term, does not differ from that of distant skin and subcutaneous metastases. A treatment strategy is proposed.
Greco
M
M
Department of Surgical Oncology B, Milan, Italy.
Cascinelli
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N
Galluzzo
D
D
Testori
A
A
Baldini
M
M
Levene
A
A
D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015409:Mastectomy, Radical; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000628:therapy*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome