Breast cancer tumor size, nodal status, and prognosis: biology trumps anatomy

Editorial

Elizabeth A Comen et al. J Clin Oncol. 2011.

. 2011 Jul 1;29(19):2610-2.

doi: 10.1200/JCO.2011.36.1873. Epub 2011 May 23.

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Effect of very small tumor size on cancer-specific mortality in node-positive breast cancer.
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