Clinical and pathological factors predictive of lymph node status in women with screen-detected breast cancer

Breast

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 640-648

  Gill, P G ^a,b   Luke, C G ^c   Roder, D M ^d  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Australia)

^d CANCER COUNCIL SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mammography; Nodal status; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALPATION; PATHOLOGIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SYMPTOM; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33749494686     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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