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In 1985 the Journal published a paper from the multicenter National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) showing that lumpectomy was as effective as mastectomy in the treatment of early breast cancer¹. A follow-up paper in 1989 confirmed the finding². It was published in the Journal along with two other papers from the NSABP: one showing that adjuvant chemotherapy was effective for node-negative, estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer,³ and the other showing that tamoxifen was effective for node-negative, estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer⁴. The trials (known as Protocols B-06, B-13, and B-14) were coordinated by Dr. Bernard Fisher of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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