The current TNM classification of breast carcinomas: Controversial issues in early breast cancer

Memo - Magazine of European Medical Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 144-148

  Cserni, G ^a  

^a BÁCS KISKUN COUNTY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Early breast cancer; staging; TNM classification

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMA IN SITU; EARLY CANCER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MICROMETASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 82055203132     PISSN: 18655041     EISSN: 18655076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12254-011-0280-5     Document Type: Review

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