The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 186, Issue 4 , Pages 333-336 , October 2003

The clinical relevance of positive sentinel nodes only versus positive nonsentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer patients

Presented at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, Atlanta, Georgia, April 30–May 4, 2003

  • Charles Cox, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida, 12902 Magnolia Dr., Suite 3157, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-813-972-8480; fax: +1-813-979-7287.
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  • Elisabeth L DuPont, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida, 12902 Magnolia Dr., Suite 3157, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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  • Ben Furman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida, 12902 Magnolia Dr., Suite 3157, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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  • Nicholas Stowell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida, 12902 Magnolia Dr., Suite 3157, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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  • John Clark

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida, 12902 Magnolia Dr., Suite 3157, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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  • Mark Ebert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida, 12902 Magnolia Dr., Suite 3157, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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  • Nils M Diaz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida, 12902 Magnolia Dr., Suite 3157, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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  • Alan Cantor, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

Received 3 June 2003 ,Revised 21 June 2003

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PII: S0002-9610(03)00266-6

doi: 10.1016/S0002-9610(03)00266-6

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 186, Issue 4 , Pages 333-336 , October 2003

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