Effect of the number of uninvolved nodes on survival in early breast cancer

Oncology Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 363-368

  Vinh Hung, Vincent ^a   Cserni, Gábor ^b   Burzykowski, Tomasz ^c   Van De Steene, Jan ^a   Voordeckers, Mia ^a   Storme, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b BÁCS KISKUN COUNTY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Axilla; Biological; Breast neoplasms; Diagnostic techniques; Dissection; Lymph nodes; Models; Neoplasm staging; Prognosis; Ratio based staging; SEER program; Surgical; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0038148429     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.10.2.363     Document Type: Article

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