Profile of immune cells in axillary lymph nodes predicts disease-free survival in breast cancer.
<h4>Background</h4>While lymph node metastasis is among the strongest predictors of disease-free and overall survival for patients with breast cancer, the immunological nature of tumor-draining lymph nodes is often ignored, and may provide additional prognostic information on clinical ou...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2005-09-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020284 |