Table 7.
Authors | Inclusion age | Number of patients | Local or regional recurrence | Local recurrence | Regional recurrence | Overall survival | ||||
Hughes et al [15] | >70 | 636 | L+T | 4% | L+T | 86% | ||||
L+T+R | 1% (P < 0.001) | L+T+R | 87% (P = 0.94) | |||||||
Fyles et al [52] | > 50 | 769 | L+T | 7.7% | L+T | 2.5% | L+T | 93.2% | ||
L+T+R | 0.6% (P < 0.001) | L+T+R | 0.5% (p = 0.049 | L+T+R | 92.8% (p = 0.83) | |||||
Gruenberger et al [10] | >60 | 356 | Q+ A ± C ± T | 5.4% | Q+ A ± C ± T | 82% | ||||
Q+ A ± C ± T + R | 5.8% | Q+ A ± C ± T +R | 82.7% |
L +T : Lumpectomy and Tamoxifen. L+T+R : Lumpectomy, Tamoxifen and whole breast irradiation
Q: Quadrenectomy. A: axillary clearance R: whole breast irradiation C; CMF. T: Tamoxifen