## BACKGROUND. Over the past 20 years the proportion of invasive breast carcinomas measuring Յ 1 cm has increased progressively. Information regarding the effect of clinical and histologic characteristics on the frequency of lymph node metastases associated with small invasive breast carcinomas is
Outcome of Small Invasive Breast Cancer with No Axillary Lymph Node Involvement
✍ Scribed by Alfonso Sánchez-Muñoz; Elisabeth Pérez-Ruiz; Jose Manuel Jurado; Nuria Ribelles; Antonia Márquez; Jose Miramón; Maria Maíz; Bella Pajares; Elena Gallego; Victoria Scholtz; Begona Jiménez; Concepcion Soler; Manuel Molina; Isabel García-Ríos; Emilio Alba
- Book ID
- 109080103
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 79 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1075-122X
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