Surgical Oncology
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 11-16 , March 2010

Intramammary lymph node metastasis predicts poorer survival in breast cancer patients

  • Brian V. Hogan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, LS1 3EX, Yorkshire, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 113 3923325; fax: +44 113 3922250.
    • ,
  • Mark B. Peter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, LS1 3EX, Yorkshire, UK
    • ,
  • Hrishikesh Shenoy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, LS1 3EX, Yorkshire, UK
    • ,
  • Kieran Horgan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, LS1 3EX, Yorkshire, UK
    • ,
  • Abeer Shaaban

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histopathology and Molecular Pathology, St. James's Institute of Oncology, St James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK

,Accepted 16 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.suronc.2008.12.009

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Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 11-16 , March 2010

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