Open AccessBiologic subtype is a more important prognostic factor than nodal involvement in patients with stages I and II breast carcinoma
Author(s) -
Hyosun Kim,
Jihyoung Cho,
Sun Young Kwon,
Sanggil Kang
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of surgical treatment and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.559
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2288-6796
pISSN - 2288-6575
DOI - 10.4174/astr.2016.90.1.1
Subject(s) - breast cancer , medicine , hazard ratio , oncology , estrogen receptor , progesterone receptor , triple negative breast cancer , immunohistochemistry , nodal , hormone receptor , cancer , breast carcinoma , confidence interval
Nodal infiltration has been one of the most important prognostic factors in breast cancer. In recent decades, risk stratification has greatly changed, and is applied in accordance with hormone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status. We compared the prognostic power of tumor subtype to nodal involvement in early breast cancer.