| Literature DB >> 6766788 |
J L Barker, E D Montague, L J Peters.
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From 1948 to 1972, 69 patients with inflammatory carcinoma of the breast were treated with irradiation alone. Because of a 46% incidence of local-regional failure, twice daily fractionated irradiation was given in 1972 to 11 patients; a decrease in local-regional failures (27%) was achieved. From 1973 through December 1976, preirradiation multidrug chemotherapy was added to the twice daily fractionated irradiation of 31 patients. Analysis of all patients with a minimum two-year follow-up demonstrates that chemotherapy does not improve local-regional control or freedom from disease rates, but does delay appearance of distant metastases.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 6766788 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19800215)45:4<625::aid-cncr2820450402>3.0.co;2-v
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer ISSN: 0008-543X Impact factor: 6.860