title: Efficacy of tamoxifen as the primary treatment of operable breast cancer in the high risk patient.
abstract: An audit of 43 breast cancer patients, considered to be of high operative risk and treated only with Tamoxifen was performed. All cases were potentially operable. Good outcome was obtained in only one-third of patients. Salvage surgery had no operative mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, England, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Falk
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gwynne-Jones
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008408:Mastectomy; D008485:Medical Audit; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012307:Risk Factors; D013629:Tamoxifen / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D013629:Tamoxifen