Ljubljana nomograms for predicting the likelihood of non-sentinel lymph node metastases in breast cancer patients with a positive sentinel lymph node

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 357-366

  Perhavec, Andraž ^a   Perme, Maja Pohar ^b   Hočevar, Marko ^a   Besić, Nikola ^a   Žgajnar, Janez ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Nomogram; Prediction of non sentinel lymph node metastases; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOMOGRAM; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SLOVENIA; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NOMOGRAMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 74849131938     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-009-0561-4     Document Type: Article

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