Prognostic value of lymph node micrometastases in breast cancer: A multicenter cohort study

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1657-1664

  Gobardhan, Paul D ^a,b   Elias, Sjoerd G ^c   Madsen, Eva V E ^a   Van Wely, Bob ^d   Van Den Wildenberg, Frits ^d   Theunissen, Evert B M ^e   Ernst, Miranda F ^f   Kokke, Marike C ^f   Van Der Pol, Carmen ^g   Borel Rinkes, Inne H M ^c   Wijsman, Jan H ^b   Bongers, Vivian ^a   Van Gorp, Joost ^a   Van Dalen, Thijs ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^b AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROMETASTASIS; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956220886     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-010-1451-z     Document Type: Article

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