Adjuvant chemotherapy of pT1a and pT1b breast carcinoma: results from the NEMESI study

Background The prognosis of pT1a-pT1b breast cancer (BC) used to be considered very good, with a 10-y RFS of 90%. However, some retrospective studies reported a 10-y RFS of 81%–86% and suggested benefit from adjuvant systemic therapy.