Identification of women with T1-T2 breast cancer at low risk of positive axillary nodes

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 34-39

  Fein, Douglas A ^a,c   Fowble, Barbara L ^a   Hanlon, Alexandra L ^a   Hooks, Mary A ^a   Hoffman, John P ^a   Sicurdson, Elin R ^a   Jardines, Lori A ^b   Eisenberg, Burton L ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEXAS ONCOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

axillary lymphadenopathy; breast conservation surgery; prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RISK;

EID: 0030958626     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199705)65:1<34::AID-JSO7>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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