Identifying factors contributing to reduced breast tumor size: A longitudinal study

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Rovera, Francesca ^a   Dionigi, Gianlorenzo ^a   Riva, Cristina ^a   Chiaravalli, Annamaria ^a   Corben, Adriana Dionigi ^b   Bianchi, Veronica ^a   Cinquepalmi, Lorenza ^a   Boni, Luigi ^a   Dionigi, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservative surgery; Ductal carcinoma in situ; Longitudinal study; Mammography; Mastectomy; Pathological stage; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; Tumor size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER STAGING; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SCREENING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 63449115394     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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