Factors influencing axillary lymph node metastasis in invasive breast cancer

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 251-254

  Li, Ling ^a   Chen, Li Zhang ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Metastasis to lymph nodes; Primary breast cancer

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 84864866573     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.1.251     Document Type: Article

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