title: Locoregional failure rates in patients with involved axillary nodes after mastectomy and systemic therapy.
abstract: Published series vary substantially in describing the incidence of locoregional failure after mastectomy among patients with involved axillary lymph nodes who receive systemic therapy. There are few data on such risks with regards to particular patient subsets (such as those defined by combinations of tumor size and nodal status). This article reviews the available data on these subjects as well as problems in their interpretation and clinical use.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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authors.lastname: Recht
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008408:Mastectomy; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D017211:Treatment Failure