Are Breast Cancer Subtypes Prognostic for Nodal Involvement and Associated with Clinicopathologic Features at Presentation in Early-Stage Breast Cancer?
Jones T, Neboori H, Wu H, Yang Q, Haffty BG, Evans S, Higgins S, Moran MS. Are Breast Cancer Subtypes Prognostic for Nodal Involvement and Associated with Clinicopathologic Features at Presentation in Early-Stage Breast Cancer? Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2013, 20: 2866-2872. PMID: 23661183, PMCID: PMC5731457, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-013-2994-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNodal involvementClinicopathologic featuresSignificant associationStage I/II diseaseCancer subtypesDistant metastasis-free survivalEarly-stage breast cancerResultsThe study cohortAxillary node involvementBreast-conserving surgeryMetastasis-free survivalUseful prognostic variableBreast cancer subtypesAvailable tissue blocksNode involvementNode positivityNodal metastasisPathological reviewStudy cohortT stageTumor characteristicsTumor histologyTumor sizeProgesterone receptorSurgical assessment