Internal mammary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer: Predictive models to assist with prognostic influence

Breast

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 278-283

  Noushi, F ^a   Spillane, A J ^a   Uren, R F ^a,b   Gebski, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast cancer Epidemiology; Internal mammary lymph node metastasis; Lymphoscintigraphy; Modeling; Sentinel lymph node; Staging and survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79957710524     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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