Ratio between positive lymph nodes and total excised axillary lymph nodes as an independent prognostic factor for overall survival in patients with nonmetastatic lymph node-positive breast cancer

Background. The status of the axillary lymph nodes in nonmetastatic lymph node-positive breast cancer (BC) patients remains the single most important determinant of overall survival (OS). Although the absolute number of nodes involved with cancer is important for prognosis, the role of the total num...

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Main Author: Dimassi, Hani (author)
Other Authors: Hatoum, Hassan A. (author), Jamali, Faek R. (author), El-Saghir, Nagi (author), Mussallam, Khaled M. (author)
Format: article
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13193-011-0062-x
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