: Contribution of randomised controlled trials to
understanding and management of early breast cancer Abstract: Christie
Hospital in Manchester. Patients undergoing radical mastectomy were
randomised to receive postoperative radiotherapy or not.3 The study
found no difference in survival, although the morbidity of
the combined procedure was substantial, with 30% of patients
who received radiotherapy suffering lymphoedema. It took nearly two
decades for the biological importance of those
observations... Source: British Medical Journal http://webmedlit.silverplatter.com/j/37c68604151/
