Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 91, Issue 1 , Pages 38-41 , April 2009

The number of axillary nodes removed as a predictor of regional recurrence in node negative breast cancer

  • Olga Vujovic

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, London Regional Cancer Program, London, Ont., Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiation Oncology, London Regional Cancer Program, 790 Commissioners Road East, London, Ont., Canada N6A 4L6.
    • ,
  • Edward Yu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, London Regional Cancer Program, London, Ont., Canada
    • ,
  • Anil Cherian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Oncology, London Regional Cancer Program, London, Ont., Canada
    • ,
  • A. Rashid Dar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, London Regional Cancer Program, London, Ont., Canada
    • ,
  • Larry Stitt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biometry, London Regional Cancer Program, London, Ont., Canada
    • ,
  • Francisco Perera

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, London Regional Cancer Program, London, Ont., Canada

Received 30 August 2007 ,Revised 26 October 2007 ,Accepted 1 May 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.05.003

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