Saving the Breast Saves the Lives of Breast Cancer Patients

Table 2

Results of 5-year OS and DFS in prospective randomized trials comparing breast conservative surgery and radiotherapy (BCT) with mastectomy.

Trial	Endpoint (years)	Overall Survival (%)		Disease-free Survival (%)
		BCS & RT	Mastectomy	BCS and RT	Mastectomy
NCI milan [15]	18	65	65		N/A
Institut Gustav Roussy [15]	15	73	65		N/A
NSABP B-06 [15]	12	63	59	50	49
NCI USA [15]	10	77	75	72	69
EORTC [15]	8	54	61		N/A
Danish breast cancer group [15]	6	79	82	70	66
Akbari et al. [14]	13	86	78		N/A
Akbari et al. (Current study)	25	95	88	86	76

OS: Overall survival, DFS: disease-free survival, N/A: not applicable, BCS and RT: breast-conserving surgery and radiotherapy.