Factors associated with involvement of four or more axillary nodes for sentinel lymph node-positive patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-44

  Katz, Angela ^a   Niemierko, Andrzej ^a   Gage, Irene ^b   Evans, Sheila ^b   Shaffer, Margaret ^b   Smith, Frederick P ^b   Taghian, Alphonse ^a   Magnant, Colette ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Sibley Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Axilla; Breast neoplasms; Lymphatic metastasis; Radiation; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; HISTOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

CELLS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 33645968673     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.11.021     Document Type: Article

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