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What effects do variations in local treatment have on recurrence of early breast cancer and long-term survival?

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boxed-textClarke M et al. (2005) Effects of radiotherapy and of differences in the extent of surgery for early breast cancer on local recurrence and 15-year survival: an overview of the randomized trials. Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group (EBCTCG). Lancet 366: 2087–2106

Adjuvant breast or chest wall radiotherapy—in the absence of other causes of death—prevents about one breast cancer death for every four recurrences avoided over 15 years of follow-up

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Cogill, G., Tobias, J. What effects do variations in local treatment have on recurrence of early breast cancer and long-term survival?. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 3, 354–355 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncponc0539

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