Supraclavicular lymph node metastases (SLM) from breast cancer as only site of distant disease: has radiotherapy any role?
The results in Arm B demonstrated the opportunity of a long term control in this subset of patients. Therefore we suggest the start of a wider multicenter study in order to define the biological significance of SLM, its importance in staging breast cancer and to consider the optimum treatment.
The observations of the authors in this client group do not support the thesis that regular visiting is associated with lower expenditures on dental care.