International Seminars in Surgical Oncology

Table 1 Node negative group

From: The importance of margins status after breast conservative surgery and radiotherapy in node positive patients: a follow-up of 10–15 years

	Margins -ve	Margins +ve	P value
N (461)	415	46
LR (at 10 years)	50 (12%)	13 (28%)	p < 0.001 *
10 years survival	83%	61%	p < 0.001 *
			*statistically significant

N: number of patients
LR: local recurrence

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