The value of axillary dissection in T1a breast cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 501-505

  McGee, J Michael ^a   Youmans, Roger ^a   Clingan, Frank ^a   Malnar, Karen ^a   Bellefeuille, Charlette ^a   Berry, Betty ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma Tulsa College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMA IN SITU; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030296607     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(96)00228-0     Document Type: Article

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