Axillary dissection versus no axillary dissection in elderly patients with breast cancer and no palpable axillary nodes: Results after 15 years of follow-up

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-133

  Martelli, Gabriele ^a   Miceli, Rosalba ^a   Daidone, Maria Grazia ^a   Vetrella, Gaetano ^b   Cerrotta, Anna Maria ^a   Piromalli, Domenico ^a   Agresti, Roberto ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Melegnano Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE EXTIRPATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 78651374896     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-010-1217-7     Document Type: Article

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