Letter to the EditorPostmastectomy radiotherapy should not be standard of care for women with 1–3 involved nodes☆
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Conflicts of interest: I.K., G.V., M.D., R.P., N.R., P.C., J.D. are members of the trial management group of the MRC/EORTC 22051/10052 (BIG 2-04) SUPREMO trial.
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