Randomized Clinical Trials in Breast Cancer

Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2010 Jan;19(1):33-58, Aimee M. Crago, Michelle Azu, Shannon Tierney, Monica Morrow

ABSTRACT

Breast cancer remains the most common cancer diagnosed in women and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in this group. Significant advances in the treatment of breast cancer and in the ability to screen for the disease mean that it is also one of the most curable forms of cancer. Long-term updates of the trials reviewed in the previous edition of this article have demonstrated that breast-conserving therapy remains a viable option for most patients, and that local control is related...

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