“Level Three Nodal Involvement in Patients With Early Breast Cancer –A Cross Sectional Study From a Tertiary Care Institution in Kerala”
Jogin George,
Abdul Siyad A K
Abstract:Background Breast cancer is the most common cancer among humans. The mainstay of breast cancer treatment
includes surgery followed by chemotherapy radiotherapy and targeted therapy. Aggressive axillary surgery increase
morbidity and reduce the quality of life in terms of lymphedema which affects 20% of those who undergo axillary
dissection2.The most important predictor for decreased survival and recurrence in patients with early breast cancer is
the presence of axillary lymph node metastases. Axillary nodal in… Show more
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