Prognostic value of number of removed lymph nodes, number of involved lymph nodes, and lymph node ratio in 7502 breast cancer patients enrolled onto trials of the Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Study Group (ABCSG).

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Published in Ann Surg Oncol on December 30, 2011

Authors

Christoph Tausch1, Susanne Taucher, Peter Dubsky, Michael Seifert, Roland Reitsamer, Werner Kwasny, Raimund Jakesz, Florian Fitzal, Lidija Filipcic, Michael Fridrik, Richard Greil, Michael Gnant

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Brust-Zentrum, Seefeldstrasse 214, 8008, Zürich, Switzerland. c.tausch@brust-zentrum.ch

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