Lumpectomy plus tamoxifen with or without irradiation in women 70 years of age or older with early breast cancer. Export

@article{citeulike:788448, abstract = {BACKGROUND: In women 70 years of age or older who have early breast cancer, it is unclear whether lumpectomy plus tamoxifen is as effective as lumpectomy followed by tamoxifen plus radiation therapy. METHODS: Between July 1994 and February 1999, we randomly assigned 636 women who were 70 years of age or older and who had clinical stage I (T1N0M0 according to the tumor-node-metastasis classification), estrogen-receptor-positive breast carcinoma treated by lumpectomy to receive tamoxifen plus radiation therapy (317 women) or tamoxifen alone (319 women). Primary end points were the time to local or regional recurrence, the frequency of mastectomy for recurrence, breast-cancer-specific survival, the time to distant metastasis, and overall survival. RESULTS: The only significant difference between the two groups was in the rate of local or regional recurrence at five years (1 percent in the group given tamoxifen plus irradiation and 4 percent in the group given tamoxifen alone, P<0.001). There were no significant differences between the two groups with regard to the rates of mastectomy for local recurrence, distant metastases, or five-year rates of overall survival (87 percent in the group given tamoxifen plus irradiation and 86 percent in the tamoxifen group, P=0.94). Assessment by physicians and patients of cosmetic results and adverse events uniformly rated tamoxifen plus irradiation inferior to tamoxifen alone. CONCLUSIONS: Lumpectomy plus adjuvant therapy with tamoxifen alone is a realistic choice for the treatment of women 70 years of age or older who have early, estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer.}, address = {Avon Comprehensive Breast Evaluation Center, Breast/Ovarian Cancer Genetics and Risk Assessment Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Surgical Oncology, Boston 02114, USA. kshughes@partners.org}, author = {Hughes, K. S. and Schnaper, L. A. and Berry, D. and Cirrincione, C. and McCormick, B. and Shank, B. and Wheeler, J. and Champion, L. A. and Smith, T. J. and Smith, B. L. and Shapiro, C. and Muss, H. B. and Winer, E. and Hudis, C. and Wood, W. and Sugarbaker, D. and Henderson, I. C. and Norton, L. and {} and {} and {}}, citeulike-article-id = {788448}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa040587}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15342805}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15342805}, day = {2}, doi = {10.1056/NEJMoa040587}, issn = {1533-4406}, journal = {N Engl J Med}, keywords = {breast, earlystage, hormone, surgery, xrt}, month = {September}, number = {10}, pages = {971--977}, posted-at = {2006-08-07 06:51:27}, priority = {2}, title = {Lumpectomy plus tamoxifen with or without irradiation in women 70 years of age or older with early breast cancer.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa040587}, volume = {351}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:788448 L3 - citeulike-article-id:788448 N2 - BACKGROUND: In women 70 years of age or older who have early breast cancer, it is unclear whether lumpectomy plus tamoxifen is as effective as lumpectomy followed by tamoxifen plus radiation therapy. METHODS: Between July 1994 and February 1999, we randomly assigned 636 women who were 70 years of age or older and who had clinical stage I (T1N0M0 according to the tumor-node-metastasis classification), estrogen-receptor-positive breast carcinoma treated by lumpectomy to receive tamoxifen plus radiation therapy (317 women) or tamoxifen alone (319 women). Primary end points were the time to local or regional recurrence, the frequency of mastectomy for recurrence, breast-cancer-specific survival, the time to distant metastasis, and overall survival. RESULTS: The only significant difference between the two groups was in the rate of local or regional recurrence at five years (1 percent in the group given tamoxifen plus irradiation and 4 percent in the group given tamoxifen alone, P<0.001). There were no significant differences between the two groups with regard to the rates of mastectomy for local recurrence, distant metastases, or five-year rates of overall survival (87 percent in the group given tamoxifen plus irradiation and 86 percent in the tamoxifen group, P=0.94). Assessment by physicians and patients of cosmetic results and adverse events uniformly rated tamoxifen plus irradiation inferior to tamoxifen alone. CONCLUSIONS: Lumpectomy plus adjuvant therapy with tamoxifen alone is a realistic choice for the treatment of women 70 years of age or older who have early, estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer. IS - 10 JF - N Engl J Med SN - 1533-4406 AD - Avon Comprehensive Breast Evaluation Center, Breast/Ovarian Cancer Genetics and Risk Assessment Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Surgical Oncology, Boston 02114, USA. kshughes@partners.org EP - 977 TI - Lumpectomy plus tamoxifen with or without irradiation in women 70 years of age or older with early breast cancer. VL - 351 SP - 971 KW - breast KW - earlystage KW - hormone KW - surgery KW - xrt AU - Hughes, KS AU - Schnaper, LA AU - Berry, D AU - Cirrincione, C AU - McCormick, B AU - Shank, B AU - Wheeler, J AU - Champion, LA AU - Smith, TJ AU - Smith, BL AU - Shapiro, C AU - Muss, HB AU - Winer, E AU - Hudis, C AU - Wood, W AU - Sugarbaker, D AU - Henderson, IC AU - Norton, L PY - 2004/09/02/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa040587 ER -