Axillary lymph node status in unifocal, multifocal, and diffuse breast carcinomas: Differences are related to macrometastatic disease

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3395-3401

  Tot, Tibor ^a  

^a FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSE BREAST CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MACROMETASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; MICROMETASTASIS; MULTIFOCAL BREAST CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIFOCAL BREAST CARCINOMA;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM MICROMETASTASIS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84868202364     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2346-y     Document Type: Article

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