Primary tumor extirpation in breast cancer patients who present with stage IV disease is associated with improved survival.

Lang, Julie E; Tereffe, Welela; Mitchell, Melissa P; Rao, Roshni; Feng, Lei; Meric-Bernstam, Funda; Bedrosian, Isabelle; Kuerer, Henry M; Hunt, Kelly K; Hortobagyi, Gabriel N; Babiera, Gildy V

Lang, Julie E; Tereffe, Welela; Mitchell, Melissa P; Rao, Roshni; Feng, Lei; Meric-Bernstam, Funda; Bedrosian, Isabelle; Kuerer, Henry M; Hunt, Kelly K; Hortobagyi, Gabriel N; Babiera, Gildy V.

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Lang JE; Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Ann Surg Oncol ; 20(6): 1893-9, 2013 Jun.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23306905

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Breast Neoplasms/pathology; Breast Neoplasms/surgery; Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Axilla; Breast Neoplasms/therapy; Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; Disease-Free Survival; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Lymphatic Metastasis; Mastectomy, Segmental; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Neoplasm Staging; Neoplasm, Residual; Proportional Hazards Models; Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; Receptors, Estrogen/metabolism; Retrospective Studies; Young Adult

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Breast Neoplasms / Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Type of study: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Ann Surg Oncol Journal subject: NEOPLASIAS Year: 2013 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States

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