Validation and comparison of models to predict non-sentinel lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients

Cancer Science

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 274-281

  Chen, Kai ^a   Zhu, Liling ^a   Jia, Weijuan ^a   Rao, Nanyan ^a   Fan, Miaojing ^a,b   Huang, Hui ^c   Shan, Quanyuan ^a   Han, Jingjing ^a   Song, Erwei ^a   Zeng, Yunjie ^a   Su, Fengxi ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Fuyang People's Hospital   (China)

^c Department of Breast Surgery   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALIBRATION; CANCER PATIENT; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROMETASTASIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASM MICROMETASTASIS; RISK; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856417994     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: 13497006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2011.02148.x     Document Type: Article

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