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The goal of this study was to evaluate results obtained with complementary chemotherapy administered to women with locally evolved breast cancer compared with those obtained in patients receiving simple immunotherapy or no complementary treatment. This study was undertaken in April 1975, before the first results of Fisher [4, 5] and Bonadonna [1] were published. The focus of this study is based on the choice of local treatment i.e., radiotherapy. In addition, the study includes a group undergoing no complementary treatment (for at least part of this study) and 75 patients in menopause. The results, although early, favor the use of complementary chemotherapy.
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Serrou, B. et al. (1979). Results of a Randomized Trial of Prophylactic Chemotherapy in T3-T4 Breast Cancer Patients Previously Treated by Radiotherapy. In: Bonadonna, G., Mathé, G., Salmon, S.E. (eds) Adjuvant Therapies and Markers of Post-Surgical Minimal Residual Disease II. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 68. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81332-0_14
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