title: [Treatment of breast cancer with ipsilateral supraclavicular node metastases].
abstract: During 1954-1977, among 2803 cases of breast cancer 99 (3.5%) had ipsilateral supraclavicular node mestastases. The results of treatment are reported, based on follow-up for more than 10 years. According to the treatment modality, the patients were divided into 4 groups: I. surgery with postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation therapy; II. radiation and chemotherapy; III. chemotherapy; IV. no treatment. In group I, surgical procedures consisted of segmental mastectomy in 6; simple mastectomy in 7; modified radical mastectomy in 16; standard radical mastectomy in 12, and extended radical mastectomy in 3. The over-all five-year survival rate was 9%. It was 18% (8/44) in group I, but only 5% (1/21) in group II. None survived for 5 years in group III and group IV. The results seem to indicate that more aggressive multi-modality treatment of breast cancer with ipsilateral supraclavicular lymph node metastases is indicated to expect better survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Breast Cancer, Tianjin Cancer Hospital.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ning
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality; D008875:Middle Aged; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D015996:Survival Rate