title: Surgery of the primary tumor in metastatic breast cancer: closing the barn door after the horse has bolted?
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morrow
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D016019:Survival Analysis