The authors report on 141 primary, non-metastatic, breast cancer patients with a minimum follow-up of 12 months after surgery to a maximum of 5 years. All cases were studied according to the patterns of the preoperative telethermography (TH) and nodal status (N). Prognosis was evaluated in terms of incidence of relapse. A statistically significant correlation was found between TH+ and early relapse, and for N+, but there was no correlation between TH and N, both for negative and positive values. The results suggest a complementary prognostic value of the two parameters.
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