A novel approach to T classification in tumor-node-metastasis staging of breast cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 434-438

  Coburn, Natalie G ^a   Clarke Pearson, Emily ^b   Chung, Maureen A ^b   Law, Calvin ^a   Fulton, John ^c   Cady, Blake ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

AJCC staging measurement; Breast cancer; Breast cancer staging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHODE ISLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33748432539     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.06.032     Document Type: Article

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