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- Title
Prognostic value of nodal ratios in node-positive breast cancer.
- Authors
Woodward, Wendy A; Vinh-Hung, Vincent; Ueno, Naoto T; Cheng, Yee Chung; Royce, Melanie; Tai, Patricia; Vlastos, Georges; Wallace, Anne Marie; Hortobagyi, Gabriel N; Nieto, Yago
- Abstract
The American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system for breast cancer was recently updated to reflect the impact of increasing the absolute number of positive lymph nodes on prognosis. However, numerous studies suggest that nodal ratios (absolute number of involved nodes-number of nodes resected) may have greater prognostic value than absolute numbers of involved nodes. Here we examine the data supporting the use of nodal ratios in breast cancer prognosis and consider the potential advantages and disadvantages of including nodal ratios in breast cancer staging.
- Publication
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2006, Vol 24, Issue 18, p2910
- ISSN
1527-7755
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1200/JCO.2005.03.1526