The role of internal mammary lymph node metastases in the management of breast cancer

Breast Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-125

  Noguchi, Masakuni ^a,b   Tsugawa, Koichiro ^b   Taniya, Takao ^b   Miwa, Koichi ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Extended radical mastectomy; Internal mammary lymph node

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001659317     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02966683     Document Type: Review

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