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Computed tomography Hounsfield units can predict breast cancer metastasis to axillary lymph nodes

BACKGROUND: Axillary lymph node (ALN) status is an important prognostic factor for breast cancer. We retrospectively used contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CE-CT) to evaluate the presence of ALN, metastasis based on size, shape, and contrasting effects. METHODS: Of 131 consecutive patients who...

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Autores principales: Urata, Masakazu, Kijima, Yuko, Hirata, Munetsugu, Shinden, Yoshiaki, Arima, Hideo, Nakajo, Akihiro, Koriyama, Chihaya, Arigami, Takaaki, Uenosono, Yoshikazu, Okumura, Hiroshi, Maemura, Kosei, Ishigami, Sumiya, Yoshinaka, Heiji, Natsugoe, Shoji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4193134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25266250
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-14-730