Distinction of isolated tumour cells and micrometastasis in lymph nodes of breast cancer patients according to the new Tumour Node Metastasis (TNM) definitions

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 887-894

  Cserni, Gábor ^a   Amendoeira, Isabel ^b   Bianchi, Simonetta ^c   Chmielik, Ewa ^d   Degaetano, James ^e   Faverly, Daniel ^f   Figueiredo, Paulo ^g   Foschini, Maria P ^h   Grabau, Dorthe ⁱ   Jacquemier, Jocelyne ^j   Kaya, Handan ^k   Kulka, Janina ^l   Lacerda, Manuela ^g   Liepniece Karele, Inta ^m   Penuela, Jose Martinez ⁿ   Quinn, Cecily ^o   Regitnig, Peter ^p   Reiner Concin, Angelika ^q   Sapino, Anna ^r   Van Diest, Paul J ^s   Varga, Zsuzsanna ^t   Vezzosi, Vania ^c   Wesseling, Jelle ^u   Zolota, Vasiliki ^v   Zozaya, Enrique ⁿ   Wells, Clive A ^w   more..

^a BÁCS KISKUN COUNTY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^e MATER DEI HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^f CMP Laboratory   (Belgium)

^g Instituto Portugues de Oncologia Francisco Gentil Centro Regional de Oncologia de Coimbra SA   (Portugal)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

ⁱ LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

^k MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^l SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^m RIGA EAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

ⁿ Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra   (Spain)

^o ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^p MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^q RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^r UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^t UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^u ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^v UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^w UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Breast cancer; Isolated tumour cell cluster; Isolated tumour cells; Micrometastasis; Sentinel lymph node; TNM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MICROMETASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TUMOR CELL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 79952985420     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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