Loco-regional adjuvant radiation therapy in breast cancer patients with positive axillary lymph-nodes at diagnosis (CN2) undergoing preoperative chemotherapy and with complete pathological lymph-nodes response. Development of GRADE (Grades of recommendation, assessment, Development and Evaluation) recommendation by the Italian Association of radiation therapy and Clinical Oncology (AIRO)

Loco-regional adjuvant radiation therapy in breast cancer patients with positive axillary lymph-nodes at diagnosis (CN2) undergoing preoperative chemotherapy and with complete pathological lymph-nodes response. Development of GRADE (Grades of recommendation, assessment, Development and Evaluation) recommendation by the Italian Association of radiation therapy and Clinical Oncology (AIRO)

Objective: To perform a meta-analysis to determine the effect of loco-regional radiation therapy (RT) compared to no loco-regional RT for operated patients in clinical stage cN2 breast cancer at diagnosis and ypN0 after preoperative chemotherapy (PST). Material and Methods: Eligible studies were ide...

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Main Authors: Lorenza Marino, Valentina Lancellotta, Pierfrancesco Franco, Icro Meattini, Bruno Meduri, Marco Bernini, Alessandra Fabi, Renzo Corvò, Stefano M. Magrini, Giovanni L. Pappagallo, Stefano Arcangeli, Rolando M. D’Angelillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-02-01
Series:Breast
Subjects:
Breast cancer
Loco-regional radiation therapy
Preoperative chemotherapy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960977621000011

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