An objective nodal staging system for breast cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant systemic treatment

Abstract Background In this study, we aimed to develop an objective staging system to determine the degree of nodal metastasis in breast cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant systemic treatment (NST). Methods We reviewed the pretreatment computed tomography (CT) images of 392 breast cancer patients...

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Main Authors: Tae-Kyung Yoo, Jung Min Chang, Hee-Chul Shin, Wonshik Han, Dong-Young Noh, Hyeong-Gon Moon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-017-3380-8