Adjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of the breast.
The authors reviewed the adjuvant chemotherapeutical treatment after operation of the breast cancer. At their department 6 cycles CMF doses were given to the node positive premenopausal patients. In order to analyse the results a control group was set up. They examined the effect of the treatment concerning the tumour-free survival and survival data. For the calculation the log-rank test--Mantel-Haenszel chi 2-probe was used. The effect of the treatment is favourable.