title: Locally recurrent breast cancer after 'radical' surgery.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology B, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cascinelli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Galluzzo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Testori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baldini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Levene
mesh_terms: 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