Open AccessNodal ratio of positive to excised nodes, but not number of positive lymph nodes is better to predict group to avoid chemotherapy among postmenopausal ER-positive, lymph node-positive T1-T2 breast cancer patients
Author(s) -
Xiaotian Jia,
Qunying Hong,
Jiemin Cheng,
J. W. Li,
Y. J. Wang,
Miao Mo,
Zhi Ming Shao,
Zhongliang Shen,
G. Y. Liu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.154937
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , lymph node , proportional hazards model , breast cancer , chemotherapy , lymph , confidence interval , oncology , cancer , gastroenterology , urology , pathology
To identify whether nodal ratio (NR) of positive to excised nodes is superior to number of positive lymph nodes to predict group to avoid chemotherapy among postmenopausal ER-positive, lymph node-positive, T1-T2 breast cancer patients.