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Can primary breast cancer patients sense the presence of lymph node metastasis? An unexpected research finding
Author(s) -
Brabander Bert De,
Gerits Pol,
Sacré Robert,
Lamote Jan
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1998.00389.x
Subject(s) - breast cancer , confounding , medicine , metastasis , lymph node metastasis , oncology , lymph node , biopsy , cancer
We found that primary breast cancer patients with lymph node metastasis, compared to patients without apparent metastasis, had a greater expectation that their breast lump biopsy would be malignant. This difference in expectation between the two groups remained after controlling for a range of possible confounding variables.