Does the axillary lymph node ratio have any added prognostic value over pN staging for South East Asian breast cancer patients?

Does the axillary lymph node ratio have any added prognostic value over pN staging for South East Asian breast cancer patients?

INTRODUCTION: Lymph node ratio (LNR, i.e. the ratio of the number of positive nodes to the total number of nodes excised) is reported to be superior to the absolute number of nodes involved (pN stage) in classifying patients at high versus low risk of death following breast cancer. The added prognos...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nakul Saxena, Mikael Hartman, Cheng-Har Yip, Nirmala Bhoo-Pathy, Lay Wai Khin, Nur Aishah Taib, Lai-Meng Looi, Siew-Eng Lim, Soo-Chin Lee, Helena M Verkooijen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3454359?pdf=render

Internet

http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3454359?pdf=render

Similar Items