Comparison of different validation studies on the use of the Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center nomogram predicting nonsentinel node involvement in sentinel node-positive breast cancer patients

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 699-700

  Cserni, Gábor ^a  

^a BÁCS KISKUN COUNTY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; METASTASIS; NOMOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; VALIDATION STUDY;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NOMOGRAMS; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 35148868118     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.11.035     Document Type: Letter

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