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SUBMITTER: Ma L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7582173 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ma Li L Mi Yunzhe Y Cui Shude S Wang Haibo H Fu Peifen P Yin Yongmei Y Jin Feng F Li Jianbin J Liu Yinhua Y Fan Zhimin Z Zhang Haiqing H Geng Cuizhi C Jiang Zefei Z
Scientific reports 20201022 1
Stage IV breast cancer is metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Because real-world data are lacking in China, our research attempts to explore the effect of locoregional surgery on the prognosis of patients with MBC. A total of 987 patients from 10 hospitals and 2 databases in East China (2004-2018) were included in this study. Overall, 47% of patients underwent locoregional surgery, and 53% did not. Surgeons tended to perform surgery on patients with small tumours (T1/T2), positive hormone receptor ( ...[more]