The dissection of internal mammary nodes does not improve the survival of breast cancer patients. 30-Year results of a randomised trial

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1320-1325

  Veronesi, U ^a   Marubini, E ^b,c   Mariani, L ^c   Valagussa, P ^c   Zucali, R ^c  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Internal mammary nodes; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY, EXTENDED RADICAL; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033198105     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(99)00133-1     Document Type: Article

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