Postmastectomy radiotherapy in male breast cancer –20 Years follow-up data
H Eggemann, A Ignatov, R Stabenow, G von Minkwitz, FW Röhl, G Hildebrandt, P Hass, SD Costa · Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2011 · Heft 08
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Zusammenfassung
Purpose: The goal of this population-based, retrospective study was to determine the impact of post-mastectomy radiation therapy on long-term overall survival (OS) of male patients with breast cancer. Patients and Methods: We investigated 20 year OS rates of 664 male patients diagnosed with primary stage I-III breast cancer in the former German Democratic Republic between 1970 and 1989. Patients have been treated by radical mastectomy with axillary lymph node dissection with or without postoperative megavoltage irradiation using Cobalt-60 y-radiation but without any systemic adjuvant therapy. Results: Median fol…
