The Accuracy of Combined Versus Largest Diameter in Staging Multifocal Breast Cancer

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 282-285

  O'Daly, Brendan J ^a   Sweeney, Karl J ^a   Ridgway, Paul F ^a   Quinn, Cecily ^a   McDermott, Enda W M ^a   O'Higgins, Niall J ^a   Hill, Arnold D K ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 33846276954     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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