Prognostic significance of micrometastases in the axillary lymph nodes of patients with breast cancer;Zur prognostischen Bedeutung von Mikrometastasen in axillaren Lymphknoten beim Mammakarzinom

Pathologe

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 433-439

  Stosiek, P ^a,b   Gerber, B ^a,b   Kasper, M ^a,b  

^a CARL THIEM KLINIKUM   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

breast carcinoma; cytokeratin; micrometastases; prognosis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINS; LIFE TABLES; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030454812     PISSN: 01728113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002920050182     Document Type: Article

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