Chest wall resection for locally recurrent breast cancer: Is it worthwhile?
Downey R, Rusch V, Hsu F, Leon L, Venkatraman E, Linehan D, Bains M, van Zee K, Korst R, Ginsberg R. Chest wall resection for locally recurrent breast cancer: Is it worthwhile? Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2000, 119: 420-428. PMID: 10694599, DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(00)70119-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecurrent breast cancerChest wall resectionWall resectionBreast cancerMetastatic diseaseOverall survivalRecurrent diseaseExtensive surgical treatmentProgressive metastatic diseaseQuality of palliationRegional nodal diseaseOperative mortality rateProportion of patientsKaplan-Meier methodCox regression analysisLymph node metastasisLong-term outcomesLarge tumor nodulesLong-term survivalNodal diseaseComplete resectionLocal recurrenceNode metastasisSurgical treatmentTumor nodules