[Necessity of adjuvant therapy after radical mastectomy based on a study of patients with negative nodes, who have recurrent breast cancer].

The status of the regional lymph nodes influences the prognosis of women with breast cancer who have received a radical mastectomy. To investigate the characteristics of patients with negative nodes who have had a recurrent breast cancer, a statistical study has been carried out involving 279 women who had received a radical mastectomy in our hospital from July 1970 to October 1986. From this study we conclude that systemic adjuvant therapy after radical mastectomy is necessary for patients with negative nodes who have had a breast cancer greater than 2.1 cm (T2) in diameter or a solid-tubular carcinoma.