Relation of tumor size, lymph node status, and survival in 24,740 breast cancer cases

• Published in: Cancer Vol. 63; no. 1; pp. 181 - 187
• Main Authors: Carter, Christine L., Allen, Carol, Henson, Donald E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.01.1989; Wiley-Liss
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Breast Neoplasms - mortality; Breast Neoplasms - pathology; Female; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Lymph Nodes - pathology; Lymphatic Metastasis; Mammary gland diseases; Medical sciences; Prognosis; Tumors; Human; Mammary gland diseases; Correlation; Prognosis; Axillary ganglion; Tumor; Mammary gland; Malignant tumor; Woman; Morphometry; Survival

Two of the most important prognostic indicators for breast cancer are tumor size and extent of axillary lymph node involvement. Data on 24,740 cases recorded in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program of the National Cancer Institute were used to evaluate the breast cancer sur...