## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: The regional lymph node control and survival impact of axillary dissection in breast cancer has been the subject of multiple randomized trials, with various results. This study reviews and conducts a meta‐analysis of contemporary trials of axillary dissection in patients
The Impact of Prophylactic Axillary Node Dissection on Breast Cancer Survival—A Bayesian Meta-Analysis
✍ Scribed by Richard K. Orr
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1068-9265
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