The Concept of Tenju-gann, or "Natural-End Cancer" T he concept of Tenju-gann proposed by Kitagawa et al. 1 and dis- cussed in the accompanying editorial by Kennedy 2 deserves broader application than these authors suggest. Although cancer is increasingly an illness of the elderly, there remains a
Prediction of axillary lymph node involvement of women with invasive breast carcinoma : A multivariate analysis
โ Scribed by Ivo A. Olivotto; Jeremy S. H. Jackson; Donna Mates; Sandra Andersen; Warren Davidson; Cicely J. Bryce; Joseph Ragaz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 89 KB
- Volume
- 83
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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โฆ Synopsis
BACKGROUND.
The increasing use of systemic therapy for women with lymph node negative breast carcinoma and earlier stage of disease at mammographic detection raises questions regarding the need for routine axillary lymph node dissection.
Predictive modeling for lymph node involvement may be one way to reduce the need for axillary lymph node dissection and its morbidity.
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