## Abstract ## Background This study examined whether axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) with removal of many normal lymph nodes resulted in a reduced rate of axillary recurrence and better survival, as reported in recent studies. ## Methods The follow-up analyses were based on 8657 patients
Comment on ‘Predicting recurrence in axillary node negative breast cancer patients’, by Rosner and Lane
✍ Scribed by MH Galea; RW Blamey
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 88 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
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