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Table 4 overview of comparable studies

From: Regional radiotherapy versus an axillary lymph node dissection after lumpectomy: a safe alternative for an axillary lymph node dissection in a clinically uninvolved axilla in breast cancer. A case control study with 10 years follow up

 

Patient characteristics

Results at 5 years

 

No

Age

HT(%)

CT(%)

RF(%)

DF(%)

DFS(%)

OS(%)

Spruit et al.

180

67

98.9

0.6

1.1

6.7

95

92

Louis-Sylvestre et al. [12]

332

51

2.4

2.7

2.2

12.8

82

94

Chua et al. [1]

229

64

13

2

2.1

Nm

Nm

Nm

Hoebers et al. [9]

105

64

71

0

0

8

82

83

Wong et al. [13] *

92

69

60

3

0

6

81

89

Wazer et al. [14]

73

74

90

0

0

9

84

70

  1. * 3 years results
  2. No number of patients
  3. HT tamoxifen
  4. RF regional failure
  5. DF distant failure
  6. DFS disease free survival
  7. OS overall survival
  8. Nm not mentioned in text
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