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The study appears online and in an upcoming print issue of The Lancet.

Dr. Peter Hohenberger, of the University of Heidelberg, in Mannheim, Germany, said in an accompanying comment that more research is needed.

"There are so many unknowns that this trial might not be able to provide a definitive treatment decision," he wrote. "To refine the indication for adjuvant treatment remains the big task for future studies."

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