Options for postoperative radiation therapy in patients with de novo metastatic breast cancer.

Journal: Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland)
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although meta-analyses have demonstrated survival benefits associated with primary tumor resection in MBC, guidelines lack consensus on the survival benefit of postoperative radiation therapy (RT).

Authors

  • Chaofan Li
    School of Medical Information and Engineering, Xuzhou Medical University, Jiangsu 221004, China.
  • Yusheng Wang
    General Surgery Department, Jincheng People's Hospital, 1666 BaiShui East Street, Jincheng, 048026, Shanxi, China. wyssxjc@163.com.
  • Biyun Fang
    The Comprehensive Breast Care Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, 157 West Fifth Street, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China.
  • Mengjie Liu
    Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
  • Shiyu Sun
  • Jingkun Qu
    The Comprehensive Breast Care Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, 157 West Fifth Street, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China.
  • Shuqun Zhang
    Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
  • Chong Du
    Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China.