For patients with metastatic stage IV breast cancer, there is a great deal of controversy regarding whether there is any benefit in terms of survival for resection of the primary tumor. In this video, we examine data from the three randomized controlled trials to date (the Indian trial, the Turkish trial and the ECOG 2108 trial) with regards to the benefits (and potential harms!) of surgery for metastatic disease.
Evidence-based links:
Meta-analysis of retrospective studies: Headon H et al. Mol Clin Oncol 2016;4:863-867
SEER study: Wu SG et al. Oncotarget 2017;8(40):67851-67860
Indian trial: Badwe R et al. Lancet Oncol 2015;16:1380-1388
Turkish trial: Soran A et al. Ann Surg Oncol 2018;25:3141-3149
ECOG 2108: Khan S et al. ASCO 2020. Abstract LBA2
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