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Mainly due to the presence of local
recurrences, the
event rate was about
three times higher in the group with BCS
only …
… even in patients with a favourable
prognosis, the
avoidance of radiotherapy
and tamoxifen after BCS increases the
rate of local recurrences
substantially.
Winzer K-J, et al. Eur J Cancer. 2004;40:998–1005.
Less local treatment: The role of RT in BCT