Predicting Likelihood of Having Four or More Positive Nodes in Patient With Sentinel Lymph Node-Positive Breast Cancer: A Nomogram Validation Study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1035-1040

  Unal, Bulent ^a   Gur, Akif Serhat ^a   Beriwal, Sushil ^a   Tang, Gong ^b   Johnson, Ronald ^a   Ahrendt, Gretchen ^a   Bonaventura, Marguerite ^a   Soran, Atilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast Cancer; Involved node; Nomogram; Radiotherapy; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT RADIOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT TREATMENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVES; AXILLARY LYMPH NODES; AXILLARY NODES; BREAST CANCER; DATA SETS; INVOLVED NODE; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; NOMOGRAM VALIDATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODES; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; TUMOR SIZE;

BODY FLUIDS; DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

NOMOGRAMS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NOMOGRAM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TUMOR VOLUME; VALIDATION STUDY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NOMOGRAMS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 70449728449     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.12.028     Document Type: Article

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