Increasing negative lymph node count predicts favorable OS and DSS in breast cancer with different lymph node-positive subgroups.

Adequate lymph node evaluation is recommended for optimal staging in patients with malignant neoplasms including breast cancer. However, the role of negative lymph nodes (LNs) remains unclear in breast cancer according to N substage (N1, N2, and N3). In this study, for the first time, we analyzed th...

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Main Authors: Xin Zhao, Jing Wei, Xiaoxin Li, Haochang Yang, Pei Wang, Susheng Cao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5858777?pdf=render