The size of a micrometastasis in the axilla in breast cancer: A study of nodal tumour-load related to prognosis

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 220-224

  Lilleng, P K ^a,b   Maehle B O ^a   Hartveit, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Micrometastases; Prognosis; Size; Tumour load

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031945257     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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