title: Selection of therapy for stage III breast cancer.
abstract: Locally advanced breast cancer is a heterogenous group including both operable and inoperable lesions. Local surgery or radiation alone produces poor survival rates, indicating micrometastases at diagnosis. Systemic chemotherapy as part of multimodality regimens has increased the length and rate of disease-free survival.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Oncology, Vincent T. Lombardi Cancer Research Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Swain
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging