Table 5 |
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Breast cancer mortality reduction by radiation after conservative surgery (lumpectomy, conservation) |
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Hazard ratio |
Two-tailed P value |
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Radiotherapy only to conserved breast |
0.84 |
0.004 |
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Radiotherapy only to conserved breast and other sites (lymph nodes) |
0.83 |
0.0002 |
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Breast alone versus breast plus lymph nodes. Adapted from Early Breast Cancer Trialists Collaborative Group [6]. |
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Ragaz Breast Cancer Research 2009 11(Suppl 3):S14 doi:10.1186/bcr2433 |
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