start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=8 cd-vols= no-issue=Suppl. 2 article-no= start-page=S118 end-page=S119 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2019 dt-pub=201903 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Impact of breast surgery in de novo stage IV breast cancer en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The article, entitled “Impact of Breast Surgery in Primary Metastasized Breast Cancer Outcomes of the Prospective Randomized Phase III ABCSG-28 POSYTIVE Trial,” published in the /i>Annals of Surgery (1), is the third to study to prospectively evaluate the prognostic efficacy of breast surgery in patients with metastases (Table 1). en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=ShienTadahiko en-aut-sei=Shien en-aut-mei=Tadahiko kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil=Okayama University Hospital kn-affil= END