Significance of intramammary lymph nodes in the staging of breast cancer: Correlation with tumor characteristics and outcome

Breast Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-152

  Nassar, Aziza ^a,b   Cohen, Cynthia ^c   Cotsonis, George ^d   Carlson, Grant ^c  

^a Division of Anatomic Pathology ^*  (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Intramammary lymph nodes; Outcome; Prognosis; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 40349085413     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2007.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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