Table 1.
Sites of the First Locoregional Recurrence Among Tamoxifen- Treated Patients From NSABP Trials B-14 and B-20 According to Type of Initial Treatment (N = 895)
| Type of Initial Treatment | Group Total (No.) | Local Site |
Regional Site |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBTR | Chest Wall | Scar | Axilla | Supraclavicular | Local and Regional | ||
| Lumpectomy + XRT | 390 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Mastectomy | 505 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
Abbreviations: NSABP, National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project; IBTR, ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence; XRT, radiation therapy.