Does radical surgery to the axilla give a survival advantage in more severe breast cancer?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1474-1477

  Sinha, P S ^a   Thrush, S ^a   Bendall, S ^a   Bates, T ^a  

^a WILLIAM HARVEY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY, RADICAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036317616     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(02)00124-7     Document Type: Article

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