Stage II breast cancer is not simply a late stage I

Conventional wisdom holds that stage II breast cancer (with positive axillary nodes) is a late stage I (with negative axillary nodes). The use of direct (e.g., 5-year) survival analysis, has led to the concept that these stages reflect a "delay" in diagnosis. Controlled clinical trials and...

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Published in:	Surgery Vol. 104; no. 4; p. 631
Main Author:	Mueller, C B
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-10-1988
Subjects:	Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use Breast Neoplasms - mortality Breast Neoplasms - pathology Breast Neoplasms - therapy Female Humans Lymph Nodes - pathology Mastectomy, Radical Mastectomy, Simple Menopause Neoplasm Recurrence, Local Neoplasm Staging Registries Tamoxifen - therapeutic use
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