Micrometastases to the axilla in breast cancer: Their size and season of presentation

Invasion and Metastasis

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 144-149

  Hartveit, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Histology; Micrometastases; Prognosis; Season

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; SEASONS;

EID: 0030435158     PISSN: 02511789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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