Table 4.

Cumulative incidence of first recurrence of cancer in the first CMF randomised study. Values are percentage estimates derived by applying the method of Marubini and Valsecchi

	At 5 years		At 10 years		In current analysis
Recurrence	Surgery alone	CMF	Surgery alone	CMF	Surgery alone	CMF
Total first recurrence:	53	44	68	54	78	71
Locoregional only*	12	10	14	12	15	14
Contralateral breast	2	2	3	4	5	10
Distant	39	32	51	38	58	47

^*Includes ipsilateral supraclavicular nodes.