Breast cancer sagittal/horizontal plane location influences axillary lymph node involvement

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 287-291

  Guth U ^a   Wight, E ^a   Langer, I ^b   Schotzau A ^c   Dieterich, H ^d   Herberich, L ^a   Holzgreve, W ^a   Singer, G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UHB   (Switzerland)

^c JPS Institute for Biomathematics   (Switzerland)

^d Women's Hospital   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Lymph node metastases; Prognosis; Tumour location

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645091624     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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