Axillary lymph node involvement in stage III breast cancer: Treatment implications

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 162-166

  Voss, Miranda ^b   Schneider, Johann W ^b   Apffelstaedt, Justus ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast; Lymph node excision; Neoplasm staging; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 0032799910     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199907)71:3<162::AID-JSO5>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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