Sunday, 6 April 2008

Significance of Intramammary Lymph Nodes in the Staging of Breast Cancer: Correlation with Tumor Characteristics and Outcome

Aziza Nassar, Cynthia Cohen, George Cotsonis, Grant Carlson
The Breast Journal Volume 14 Issue 2 Page 147-152, March/April 2008

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Patients with stage I breast carcinoma and positive intraMLN metastases have been reported to have a poorer prognosis compared to patients with similar stage and negative intraMLN metastases. However, the presence of intraMLN metastases does not appear to influence the survival of patients with stage II breast carcinoma.

IntraMLN metastasis is a poor prognostic marker but not an independent predictor of poor outcome in patients with breast carcinoma.

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