Significance of axillary lymph node extr
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John E. Mignano; Marianna L. Zahurak; Anuradha Chakravarthy; Steven Piantadosi;
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## BACKGROUND. Extranodal soft tissue extension of axillary lymph node metastases (ETE) has been considered an indication for postmastectomy radiotherapy, including the axilla. However, it is unclear whether patients with ETE are at an increased risk of axillary recurrence. ## METHODS. From a s