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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2001 93(18):1421-1422; doi:10.1093/jnci/93.18.1421
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 18, 1421-1422, September 19, 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press

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RESPONSE: Re: Prognosis and Treatment of Patients With Breast Tumors of One Centimeter or Less and Negative Axillary Lymph Nodes

Bernard Fisher, James J. Dignam

Affiliations of authors: B. Fisher, National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, PA; J. J. Dignam, Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, IL.

Correspondence to: Bernard Fisher, M.D., Scientific Director, National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, 4 Allegheny Center, Suite 602, Pittsburgh, PA 15212–5234 (e-mail: bernard.fisher@nsabp.org).

We concur with Benson and della Rovere's statement that "an emerging dilemma is addressed in the article by Fisher et al." (1). We believe, however, that their perspective with regard to our findings is too narrow. So, too, is the view of others, including that of Mirchandani and Muggia, involved in the dialectic that has ensued with regard to our article on the prognosis and treatment of patients with tumors of 1 cm or less. Along with the findings reported from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) Prevention Study . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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