Treatment plans for black and white women with stage II node-positive breast cancer: The national cancer institute black/white cancer survival study experience

Abstract

The National Cancer Institute consensus statement concerning adjuvant therapy for breast cancer was published in the middle of the 2-year period that study cases were accrued, and treatment plans in this study generally agreed with consensus guidelines. Should survival differences in black and white patients with Stage II N+ disease in this study be found, they are unlikely to be attributable to differences in initial or postoperative treatment.