TY - JOUR
T1 - The safety of breast-conserving therapy in patients with breast cancer aged <or = 40 years
AU - van der Leest, M.
AU - Evers, L.J.M.
AU - Van der Sangen, M.J.C.
AU - Poortmans, P.M.
AU - van de Poll-Franse, L.V.
AU - Vulto, A.J.
AU - Nieuwenhuijzen, G.A.P.
AU - Brenninkmeijer, S.J.
AU - Creemers, G.J.
AU - Voogd, A.C.
PY - 2007/1/1
Y1 - 2007/1/1
N2 - BACKGROUND. The objectives of this study were to study the probability of local control after breast-conserving therapy (BCT) in a large population of patients with early-stage breast cancer aged 50%. CONCLUSIONS. The risk of local recurrence in young patients who underwent BCT was reduced strongly by using adjuvant systemic treatment. This finding may provide an argument if favor of advising the use of systemic treatment for all patients aged
AB - BACKGROUND. The objectives of this study were to study the probability of local control after breast-conserving therapy (BCT) in a large population of patients with early-stage breast cancer aged 50%. CONCLUSIONS. The risk of local recurrence in young patients who underwent BCT was reduced strongly by using adjuvant systemic treatment. This finding may provide an argument if favor of advising the use of systemic treatment for all patients aged
U2 - 10.1002/cncr.22639
DO - 10.1002/cncr.22639
M3 - Article
VL - 109
SP - 1957
EP - 1964
JO - Cancer
JF - Cancer
SN - 0008-543X
IS - 10
ER -