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Prognostic Significance of the Number of Removed and Metastatic Lymph Nodes and Lymph Node Ratio in Breast Carcinoma Patients with 1–3 Axillary Lymph Node(s) Metastasis
Joint Authors
Batı, Bakır
Çaynak, Zeynep Civelek
Duraker, Nüvit
Demir, Davut
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-10-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We evaluated the prognostic significance of lymph node ratio (LNR), number of metastatic lymph nodes divided by number of removed nodes in 924 breast carcinoma patients with 1–3 metastatic axillary lymph node(s).
The most significant LNR threshold value separating patients in low- and high-risk groups with significant survival difference was 0.20 for disease-free survival (P<0.001), 0.30 for locoregional recurrence-free survival (P<0.001), and 0.15 for distant metastasis-free survival (P<0.001), and the patients with lower LNR had better survival.
All three LNR threshold values had independent prognostic significance in Cox analysis (P<0.001 for all three of them).
In conclusion, LNR is a useful tool in separating breast carcinoma patients with 1–3 metastatic lymph node(s) into low- and high-risk prognostic groups.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Duraker, Nüvit& Batı, Bakır& Demir, Davut& Çaynak, Zeynep Civelek. 2011. Prognostic Significance of the Number of Removed and Metastatic Lymph Nodes and Lymph Node Ratio in Breast Carcinoma Patients with 1–3 Axillary Lymph Node(s) Metastasis. ISRN Oncology،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Duraker, Nüvit…[et al.]. Prognostic Significance of the Number of Removed and Metastatic Lymph Nodes and Lymph Node Ratio in Breast Carcinoma Patients with 1–3 Axillary Lymph Node(s) Metastasis. ISRN Oncology No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Duraker, Nüvit& Batı, Bakır& Demir, Davut& Çaynak, Zeynep Civelek. Prognostic Significance of the Number of Removed and Metastatic Lymph Nodes and Lymph Node Ratio in Breast Carcinoma Patients with 1–3 Axillary Lymph Node(s) Metastasis. ISRN Oncology. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-10.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-487785