What is it about?
The study was done to see the impact of internal mammary node irradiation (IMNI) on disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) in postmastectomy women with breast cancer.
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Why is it important?
There is controversy whether IMNI improves DFS and OS in patients with breast cancer.
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Even at 15 years,IMNI significantly improved DFS and OS in postmastectomy breast cancer patients. Benefit of IMNI was seen in patients with central/inner tumours and N2–N3 disease. Late cardiopulmonary toxicities were comparable between the two groups.
Dr Budhi Singh Yadav
PGIMER, Chandigarh
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This page is a summary of: Postmastectomy internal mammary node radiation in women with breast cancer: a long-term follow-up study, Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice, June 2015, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s1460396915000278.
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