Micrometastases and isolated tumor cells in breast cancer are indeed associated with poorer outcome

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Van Diest, Paul J ^a   De Boer, Maaike ^b   Van Deurzen, Carolien H M ^c   Tjan Heijnen, Vivianne C G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROMETASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR CELL; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; LYMPH NODE; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951904119     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.26.7575     Document Type: Letter

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