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Implications from seer data on breast cancer management
Author(s) -
Smart Charles R.,
Myers Max H.,
Gloeckler Lynn Ann
Publication year - 1978
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(197803)41:3<787::aid-cncr2820410301>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , lymph , axillary lymph nodes , oncology , axilla , cancer , general surgery , radiology , pathology
From the SEER files of the NCI, 8,587 cases of breast cancer diagnosed in 1975 were analyzed. Of these cases, 5.3% were noninvasive. Of the invasive cancers under 0.5 cm in diameter, 17.2% had positive axillary lymph nodes. Where the physician recorded no palpable axillary lymph nodes, 34.5% were found to be positive.