Criteria for prediction of metastatic axillary lymph nodes in early-stage breast cancer

• Main Authors: Helio Rubens de Oliveira Filho (Author), Maíra Teixeira Dória (Author), José Roberto Morales Piato (Author), José Maria Soares Junior (Author), José Roberto Filassi (Author), Edmund Chada Baracat (Author), Marcos Desidério Ricci (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 2015-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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PURPOSE: To estimate the likelihood of axillary lymph node involvement for patients with early-stage breast cancer, based on a variety of clinical and pathological factors. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was done in hospital databases from 1999 to 2007. Two hundred thirty-nine patients were diagn...