Impact of Axillary Dissection on Clinical Outcomes of Breast Cancer Surgery

摘要

To determine whether failure to perform axillary dissection or irradiation is associated with decreased survival in women with early-stage breast cancer, we studied 26,290 women aged >/-25 in 1988-93 from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) data and 5,328 women aged >/- 65 in 1991-93 from SEER-Medicare data, who received BCS.