Nodal tumour growth in breast cancer: The time-span of its biological progression

Tumor Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 238-243

  Hartveit, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Growth cycle; Lymphatic spread; Nodal tumour

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE AND GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031872034     PISSN: 10104283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000030013     Document Type: Article

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