Lymph node ratio: A proposed refinement of current axillary staging in breast cancer patients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-52

  Schiffman, Suzanne C ^a   McMasters, Kelly M ^a   Scoggins, Charles R ^a   Martin, Robert C ^a   Chagpar, Anees B ^b,c  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Breast Center   (United States)

Author keywords

AJCC; American Joint Committee on Cancer; DFS; disease free survival; LN; LNR; lymph node; lymph node ratio; OS; overall survival; PMRT; postmastectomy radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959515592     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.04.024     Document Type: Article

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