[The extent of the surgical intervention and the prognosis of patients with stage III breast cancer]

Abstract

The report is concerned with comparison of the effectiveness of surgery for breast tumors (stage III) after Halsted and Patey. The 5-year survival rates, relapse and tumor dissemination proved nearly identical in both study groups. A modified procedure of radical mastectomy after Patey was used for treatment of stage III breast tumors which did not extend through the underlying tissues of the chest wall.