The prognostic value of the nodal ratio in N1 breast cancer.

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Published in Radiat Oncol on October 06, 2011

Authors

Tae Jin Han1, Eun Young Kang, Wan Jeon, Sung-Won Kim, Jee Hyun Kim, Yu Jung Kim, So Yeon Park, Jae Sung Kim, In Ah Kim

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University, Bundang Hospital, 166 Gumiro Seongnamsi Kyeonggido, 463-707, Korea.

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