## Abstract ## Background The axillary nodal status may influence the prognosis and the choice of adjuvant treatment of individual breast cancer patients. The variation in number of reported axillary lymph nodes and its effect on the axillary nodal stage were studied and the implications are discu
Factors Determining Adequacy of Axillary Node Dissection in Breast Cancer Patients
β Scribed by Anees B. Chagpar; Charles R. Scoggins; Robert C. G. Martin II; Sunati Sahoo; David J. Carlson; Alison L. Laidley; Souzan E. El-Eid; Terre Q. McGlothin; Kelly M. McMasters; for the University of Louisville Breast Sentinel Lymph Node Study
- Book ID
- 109079505
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 447 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1075-122X
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