Breast cancer: Two micrometastatic variants in the axilla that differ in prognosis

Histopathology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-246

  Hartveit, F ^a,b   Lilleng, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Micrometastases; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029887883     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1996.d01-415.x     Document Type: Article

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