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Invasive carcinoma of the breast: Prognostic significance of tumor size and involved axillary lymph nodes
Author(s) -
Say Carlos C.,
Donegan William L.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197408)34:2<468::aid-cncr2820340235>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , nodal , axillary lymph nodes , carcinoma , axillary nodes , lymph , oncology , mastectomy , radical mastectomy , cancer , radiology , breast carcinoma , general surgery , pathology
The clinical records were reviewed of 1034 patients who had invasive carcinomas of the breast treated with radical mastectomy at Ellis Fischel State Cancer Hospital‐Cancer Research Center between 1940 and 1965. There was a correspondence between the size of tumors and both the frequency of axillary nodal involvement and patient survival. Although patients with nodal involvement had lower survival rates than those without, small tumor size was associated with a relatively favorable prognosis within each nodal category. These findings tend to support the value of early diagnosis of breast cancer.