Sentinel node micrometastases in breast cancer do not affect prognosis: A population-based study

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 195-203

  Maaskant Braat, Adriana J ^b   Van De Poll Franse, Lonneke V ^a,d   Voogd, Adri C ^a,c   Coebergh, Jan Willem W ^a   Roumen, Rudi M ^e   Nolthenius Puylaert, M Cathelijne Tutein ^f   Nieuwenhuijzen, Grard A ^b  

^a Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f ELKERLIEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Micrometastasis; Prognosis; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MICROMETASTASIS; NETHERLANDS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE MICROMETASTASIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79954784852     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-010-1086-6     Document Type: Article

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