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Micrometastases or Isolated Tumor Cells and the Outcome of Breast Cancer

Micrometastases or Isolated Tumor Cells and the Outcome of Breast Cancer

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Micrometastases or Isolated Tumor Cells and the Outcome of Breast Cancer

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Full title

Micrometastases or Isolated Tumor Cells and the Outcome of Breast Cancer

Publisher

Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

Journal title

The New England journal of medicine, 2009-08, Vol.361 (7), p.653-663

Language

English

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Publication information

Publisher

Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

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Scope and Contents

Contents

This study involving women with early-stage breast cancer showed an association between the presence of isolated tumor cells or micrometastases in sentinel or axillary lymph nodes and the 5-year rate of disease-free survival. Women with such findings in these lymph nodes who received systemic adjuvant therapy had an improved outcome.
This study...

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Full title

Micrometastases or Isolated Tumor Cells and the Outcome of Breast Cancer

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67579224

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67579224

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ISSN

0028-4793

E-ISSN

1533-4406

DOI

10.1056/NEJMoa0904832

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