THE PREDICTIVE PROBABILITY OF TWO DIFFERENT BREAST CANCER NOMOGRAMS FOR NON SENTINEL AXILLARY LYMPH NODE METASTASIS IN POSITIVE SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY

THE PREDICTIVE PROBABILITY OF TWO DIFFERENT BREAST CANCER NOMOGRAMS FOR NON SENTINEL AXILLARY LYMPH NODE METASTASIS IN POSITIVE SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY

INTRODUCTION: Non sentinel axillary lymph node metastasis (NSLNM) occurs in 35-50% of breast cancer (BC) patients having positive sentinel lymph nodes (SLN). A nomogram which includes 8 variables was developed at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in 2003 and it has been validated at sou...

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Main Authors: Akif Serhat Gür, Bülent Ünal, Ronald Johnson, Gretchen Ahrendt, Marguerite Bonaventura, Türkkan Evrensel, Atilla Soran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2008-07-01
Series:European Journal of Breast Health
Subjects:
breast cancer
sentinel lymph node
nomogram
Online Access: http://www.eurjbreasthealth.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/the-predctve-probablty-of-two-dfferent-breast-canc/42614

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