July 22, 2015Open Access

Regional Nodal Irradiation in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

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Among women with node-positive or high-risk node-negative breast cancer, the addition of regional nodal irradiation to whole-breast irradiation did not improve overall survival but reduced the rate of breast-cancer recurrence. (Funded by the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute and others; MA.20 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00005957.).

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d56ec775589c71d767d634 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1415340

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