Predictors of axillary lymph node metastases in early breast cancer and their applicability in clinical practice

Breast

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 357-361

  Yoshihara, Emi ^a   Smeets, Ann ^a   Laenen, Annouchka ^b   Reynders, Anneleen ^a   Soens, Julie ^a   Van Ongeval, Chantal ^a   Moerman, Philippe ^a   Paridaens, Robert ^a   Wildiers, Hans ^a   Neven, Patrick ^a   Christiaens, Marie Rose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymph node metastases; Predictors

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84877113211     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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