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T1  - Prognostic value of isolated tumour cells in sentinel lymph nodes in early-stage breast cancer : a prospective study 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/303900 
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A1  - Liikanen, Jenni S.; Leidenius, Marjut H.; Joensuu, Heikki; Vironen, Jaana H.; Meretoja, Tuomo J. 
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Y1  - 2018 
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AB  - BACKGROUND: The prognostic significance of isolated tumour cells (ITCs) in the sentinel nodes (SNs) is controversial in early breast cancer, and some centres have abandoned immunohistochemistry to detect ITCs. METHODS: Patients with unilateral pT1N0 breast cancer, operated between February 2001 and August 2005 at a university hospital were included in this prospective, population-based cohort study. Survival of 936 patients with or without isolated tumour cells (ITC) in their SNs were compared w... 
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KW  - AXILLARY DISSECTION; OCCULT METASTASES; FOLLOW-UP; BIOPSY; MICROMETASTASES; SURVIVAL; UPDATE; THERAPY; DISEASE; IMPACT; 3122 Cancers 
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