Abstract
ABSTRACT Stage IV breast cancer patients receive treatment to relieve symptoms and to prolong quality adjusted live expectancy. Local treatments are generally offered to the lowest effective level of surgery or radiation therapy (RT). Retrospective data suggest that local treatment to the primary tumour improves overall survival. A population based SEER study with a median follow-up of 98 months including 3529 patients of which 768 received RT demonstrated that RT improved overall survival (HR 0.80; p Disclosure: The author has declared no conflicts of interest.
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