Correlation of tumor size and axillary lymph node involvement with prognosis in patients with T1 breast carcinoma

✍ Scribed by Anthony L. Abner; Laura Collins; Gloria Peiro; Abram Recht; Steven Come; Lawrence N. Shulman; Barbara Silver; Asa Nixon; Jay R. Harris; Stuart J. Schnitt; James L. Connolly

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 84 KB
• Volume: 83
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-543X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19981215)83:12<2502::aid-cncr14>3.0.co;2-i

✦ Synopsis

BACKGROUND.

The prognosis of patients with T1 breast carcinoma remains controversial. Some studies have shown a low risk of lymph node metastasis and distant failure whereas others have not, possibly due to differences in the definition of tumor size. In this study, the authors assessed the relation between macroscopic tumor size, microscopic invasive tumor size, axillary lymph node involvement, and prognosis in a group of patients with clinically lymph node negative disease.