## 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
Safety of Elective Hand Surgery Following Axillary Lymph Node Dissection for Breast Cancer
β Scribed by Dan D. Hershko; Shalom Stahl
- Book ID
- 109079513
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 439 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1075-122X
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