Role of surgery in the treatment of breast cancer in surgical border-line cases
Pettavel, J.
Helvetica Chirurgica Acta 44(5-6): 681-689
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0018-0181 PMID: 624635 Document Number: 128520
Since the turn of the century, a selection of borderline operable cancers of the breast have benefited of preoperative radiotherapy. Adjuvant chemotherapy may enlarge the limits of operability in a foreseeable future especially if applied before surgery. Different clinical classifications and staging procedures are studied as well as their influence on prognosis and their use in evaluating the limits of operability.