T1 breast carcinoma in women 70 years of age and older may not require axillary lymph node dissection

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 487-490

  Feigelson, Bruce J ^a   Acosta, Jose A ^a   Feigelson, Heather S ^a   Findley, Andrew ^a   Saunders, Eric L ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030296653     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(96)00249-8     Document Type: Article

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