Tumor size and lymph node status in multifocal breast cancer

Breast Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-71

  Tresserra, Francisco ^a   Rodriguez, Ignacio ^a   García Yuste, Marta ^a   Grases, Pedro J ^a   Ara, Carmen ^a   Fabregas, Rafael ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymph node metastasis; Multifocality; Tumor size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 33846026323     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2006.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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