Abstract:Background : To analyze the patterns of locoregional recurrence in breast cancer patients after mastectomy. Methods : The retrospective study included 7073 women with breast cancer without post-mastectomy radiotherapy: 4604 (65.1%) had pT1-2N0 disease (low risk); 2042 (28.9%), pT1-2N1 (intermediate risk); and 427 (6.0%), pT3-4 and/or pN2-3, or pT1-2N1 after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (high risk). The distribution of cumulative locoregional recurrence was analyzed. The local recurrence and regional recurrence rat… Show more
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