# Surgery With or Without Lymph Node Removal in Treating Older Women With Stage I or Stage IIA Breast Cancer

> **NCT00002528** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **ETOP IBCSG Partners Foundation** · enrollment: 473 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Breast Cancer

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** tamoxifen citrate
- **PROCEDURE:** conventional surgery
- **RADIATION:** radiation therapy
- **PROCEDURE:** Axillary clearance

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00002528
- **Lead sponsor:** ETOP IBCSG Partners Foundation
- **Sponsor class:** NETWORK
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 1993-05
- **Primary completion:** 2002-12
- **Final completion:** 2010-08
- **Target enrollment:** 473 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2013-04-04


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00002528

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00002528, "Surgery With or Without Lymph Node Removal in Treating Older Women With Stage I or Stage IIA Breast Cancer". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00002528. Licensed CC0.

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