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Clinical Articles / BY: H.F. Kennecke, MD, MHA, FRCPC, April 2006
... into a benefit of 6% in absolute terms. In patients with node-positive breast cancer there was also a 40% reduction in ... risk of breast cancer occurrence. Women who had low-grade node-negative disease had a very low risk (3%) of breast ... 0 3 1–3 nodes positive 380 9 15 4–9 nodes positive 109 22 30 * Defined as cancer recurrence or second primary breast ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Charmaine Kim-Sing, MD, ChB, FRCPC October 2004
... for cancers that were greater than 2 cm in size, lymph node negative, and estrogen receptor (ER) positive. The most ... informed discussion of the risks versus the benefits. [21,22]  For example, a woman who has lobular carcinoma in situ ... only be prescribed in the context of a clinical trial. [21,22]  Close to 100 British Columbia women have already ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... more nodes was required to assure accuracy of a metastatic node-negative stage. [9] The main aim of this study is to ... tumor to radial margin. • Minimum distance from lymph node to circumferential margin. • Lymphatic or vascular ... 18% 23% Relationship of tumor to peritoneal reflection 22% 26% Maximum tumor diameter 95% 93% Distance of tumor from ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... surgery, of which 121 performed five or fewer operations; 22 surgeons performed six to nine operations; two surgeons ... lymph nodes to determine that there are no regional lymph node metastases. [14,15]  However, the average number of ...
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