Local Therapy and Survival in Breast Cancer

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Abstract
Some investigators have viewed breast cancer as a local disease that then spreads; others have seen it as a systemic disease from the start. This review argues for another view, since the failure to achieve initial local control allows some tumors to disseminate later, reducing a patient's chance of long-term survival. Recent evidence supports a larger role for aggressive, local therapy for breast cancer.