Poorer breast cancer survival associated with micrometastases in axillary lymph nodes

Friday, February 26, 2010 - 17:35 in Health & Medicine

Metastases that were 2 millimeters 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.

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