SAN ANTONIO – In patients with metastatic breast cancer who responded favorably to initial chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgical removal of primary tumors failed to enhance overall survival, a new study has shown.
In an interview at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, study investigator Dr. Rajendra Badwe offers his perspectives on loco-regional treatment vs. chemotherapy alone, and he discusses why surgical removal of primary tumors might be linked to later spread of metastatic disease.