Prognostic factors for locoregional recurrence and survival in stage IIIC breast carcinoma: impact of adjuvant radiotherapy

Kuru B.

SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol.52, no.4, pp.289-298, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 52 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Journal Name: SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.289-298
  • Keywords: adjuvant radiotherapy, apex axillary invasion, one to three positive axillary nodes, stage IIIC breast carcinoma, CLINICAL-PRACTICE GUIDELINES, CANCER PATIENTS, RADIATION-THERAPY, POSTMASTECTOMY RADIOTHERAPY, POSTOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY, PREMENOPAUSAL WOMEN, AXILLARY NODES, CHEMOTHERAPY, MASTECTOMY, TAMOXIFEN
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Introduction: The aims of the present study were to define the prognostic factors for locoregional recurrence (LRR) and survival in stage IIIC breast carcinoma as well as to examine the impact of adjuvant radiotherapy on the outcome of the disease.