Parity in relation to risk of axillary lymph node involvement in women with breast cancer: Results from a Swedish population-based series of 3,472 consecutive cases

European Surgical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-184

  Manjer, J ^a   Balldin, G ^a   Zackrisson, S ^a   Garne, J P ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node involvement; Breast cancer; Parity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MENOPAUSE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGING; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; REGISTRIES;

EID: 23844448149     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085966     Document Type: Article

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