Histopathological predictors of axillary lymph node metastases in patients with breast cancer

Breast Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-241

  Mitsuyama, Shoshu ^a   Anan, Keisei ^a   Toyoshima, Satoshi ^a   Nishihara, Kazuyoshi ^a   Abe, Yuzi ^a   Iwashita, Toshimitsu ^a   Ihara, Takaaki ^a   Nakahara, Shosaku ^a   Katsumoto, Fuzio ^a   Tamae, Keiyoshi ^a   Abe, Ryuzi ^a   Hachitanda, Youichi ^a  

^a KITAKYUSHU MUNICIPAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymph node metastasis; Predictive factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044387073     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02967177     Document Type: Article

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