Predictors of axillary lymph node metastases in women with early breast cancer in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 693-697

  Tan, L G L ^a   Tan, Y Y ^a   Heng, D ^b   Chan, M Y ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node; Breast cancer; Node dissection; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SINGAPORE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SINGAPORE;

EID: 28844483885     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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