Prognostic value of extracapsular extension of axillary lymph node metastases in T1 to T3 breast cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 246-253

  Neri, Alessandro ^a   Marrelli, Daniele ^a   Roviello, Franco ^a   De Stefano, Alfonso ^a   Guarnieri, Alfredo ^a   Pallucca, Eleonora ^a   Pinto, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axilla; Breast neoplasm; Lymphatic metastases; Multivariate analysis; Prognosis; Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 17644424628     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2005.02.029     Document Type: Article

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