## Background and Objectives: The introduction of multimodal therapy has improved the prognosis in stage III breast cancer. A knowledge of the likely axillary lymph node status at presentation is important, both to plan surgical therapy to the axilla and to establish the effect of induction therap
Prognosis and treatment decisions in patients with breast cancer without axillary node involvement
β Scribed by William L. McGuire; Atul K. Tandon; D. Craig Allred; Gary C. Chamness; Peter M. Ravdin; Gay M. Clark
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 725 KB
- Volume
- 70
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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