The value of radiotherapy on metastatic internal mammary nodes in breast cancer. Results on a large series

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1553-1560

  Veronesi, Umberto ^a   Arnone, P ^a   Veronesi, P ^a,b   Galimberti, V ^a   Luini, A ^a   Rotmensz, N ^a   Botteri, E ^a   Ivaldi, G B ^a   Leonardi, M C ^a   Viale, G ^a,b   Sagona, A ^a   Paganelli, G ^a   Panzeri, R ^a   Orecchia, R ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph nodes; Breast cancer; Internal mammary nodes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY NODE METASTASIS; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 50849111708     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdn183     Document Type: Article

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