Breast cancer is an important contributor to morbidity and mortality in society, but factors that
affect the cause of the disease are poorly defined. Genomic instability drives tumorigenic …

Background: Extrahepatic malignant disease has always been considered an absolute
contraindication to hepatectomy for colorectal liver metastases. This study reports the long …

PURPOSE: Lymph node involvement is the most important prognostic factor in breast
cancer. It is a multifactorial event determined by patient and tumour characteristics. The …

Materials and Methods All patients enrolled in the Clinical Breast Care Project whose
tumour site—UOQ, upper inner quadrant (UIQ), central, LIQ, lower outer quadrant (LOQ) …

Abstract Background According to Dutch guidelines, an axillary lymph node dissection
(ALND) is recommended whenever a sentinel lymph node (SLN) contains metastatic …

Axillary lymph node metastasis (ALNM) is commonly the earliest detectable clinical
manifestation of breast cancer when distant metastasis emerges. This study aimed to …

Internal mammary lymph-node (IMN) metastases in breast carcinomas have a major
influence on survival, comparable with the influence of axillary lymph-node metastases …

Purpose We estimated the likelihood of breast cancer patients having axillary lymph node
metastases (ALNM) based on a variety of clinical and pathologic factors. Materials and …

PURPOSE: The objective of this study is to determine whether the aggregate tumour size of
every focus in multifocal breast cancer more accurately predicts 10-year survival than …

AIM: To determine the factors associated with the metastatic involvement of sentinel lymph
node (SLN) biopsy in patients with early breast cancer. STUDY DESIGN: This was a …