Survival is better after lumpectomy than mastectomy in early breast cancer, US study shows. BMJ, 2013, 346:f557
Mayor, S.
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Women with early stage breast cancer who are treated with lumpectomy and radiotherapy have significantly better survival than women who have a mastectomy, a retrospective study of US data has found.
