title: Surgical resection of the primary tumor in stage IV breast cancer patients: is a randomized, controlled trial imperative or too costly?
authors.forename: Ryan C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Fields
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Margenthaler
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000191:economics