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The axillary nodes and tumor size in breast cancer

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Study of all lymph nodes removed from the axillary dissection specimens from 37 node-negative and 22 node-positive breast cancer patients showed that the number of nodes present in the specimen increased with the diameter of the primary tumor up to 4 cm. Larger tumors showed fewer nodes. The majority of the tumorbearing nodes were in the middle and lower thirds of the specimen. The mean size of the tumor-bearing nodes was similar to that in the largest nodes from the node-negative patients.

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  1. Department of Pathology, The Norwegian Cancer Society, and The Gade Institute, Norway

    F. Hartveit

  2. Deaconess Hospital, Bergen, Norway

    M. Tangen

  3. Department of Surgery, University of Bergen, Norway

    J. F. Halvorsen

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Hartveit, F., Tangen, M. & Halvorsen, J.F. The axillary nodes and tumor size in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Tr 2, 105–109 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01805723

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