Open AccessIncidence and Impact of Documented Eradication of Breast Cancer Axillary Lymph Node Metastases Before Surgery in Patients Treated With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
Author(s) -
Henry Mark Kuerer,
Ayşegül Şahin,
Kelly K. Hunt,
Lisa A. Newman,
Tara M. Breslin,
F. C. Ames,
Merrick I. Ross,
Aman U. Buzdar,
Gabriel N. Hortobágyi,
S. Eva Singletary
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199907000-00011
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , chemotherapy , lymph node , axillary lymph nodes , neoadjuvant therapy , stage (stratigraphy) , univariate analysis , surgery , primary tumor , oncology , cancer , metastasis , multivariate analysis , biology , paleontology
To determine the incidence and prognostic significance of documented eradication of breast cancer axillary lymph node (ALN) metastases after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.