Rethinking TNM: A breast cancer classification to guide to treatment and facilitate research

Breast Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 291-295

  Veronesi, Umberto ^a   Zurrida, Stefano ^b,c   Viale, Giuseppe ^a,c   Galimberti, Viviana ^b   Arnone, Paolo ^b   Nolè, Franco ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biologic variables; Breast cancer; TNM classification

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; TRASTUZUMAB;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NOMENCLATURE; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGIST; PROGNOSIS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 65549117451     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2009.00719.x     Document Type: Article

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