Poorer breast cancer survival associated with micrometastases in axillary lymph nodes
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 22:07
in Health & Medicine
Metastases that were 2 millimetres or less in diameter ('micrometastases') in axillary lymph nodes detected on examination of a single section of the lymph nodes were associated with poorer disease-free and overall survival in breast cancer patients, according to a new study published online February 26 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute...