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. 1978 Mar;41(3):787-9.
doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197803)41:3<787::aid-cncr2820410301>3.0.co;2-e.

Implications from SEER data on breast cancer management

C R Smart, M H Myers, L A Gloeckler

Implications from SEER data on breast cancer management

C R Smart et al. Cancer. 1978 Mar.

Abstract

From the SEER files of the NCI, 8,587 cases of breast cancer diagnosed in 1975 were analyzed. Of these cases, 5.3% were noninvasive. Of the invasive cancers under 0.5 cm in diameter, 17.2% had positive axillary lymph nodes. Where the physician recorded no palpable axillary lymph nodes, 34.5% were found to be positive.

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