Axillary lymph nodes and breast cancer. A review

Technical Details of Intraoperative Lymphatic Mapping for Early Stage Melanoma

1992 • 4,391 citations

Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Lymphadenectomy for Breast Cancer

1994 • 2,837 citations

Relation of tumor size, lymph node status, and survival in 24,740 breast cancer cases

1989 • 2,245 citations

Systemic treatment of early breast cancer by hormonal, cytotoxic, or immune therapy

1992 • 2,084 citations

Ten-Year Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Radical Mastectomy and Total Mastectomy with or without Radiation

1985 • 1,384 citations

Relation of number of positive axillary nodes to the prognosis of patients with primary breast cancer. An NSABP update

1983 • 1,028 citations

Angiogenesis, assessed by platelet/endothelial cell adhesion molecule antibodies, as indicator of node metastases and survival in breast cancer

1992 • 822 citations

Attitudes to chemotherapy: comparing views of patients with cancer with those of doctors, nurses, and general public.

1990 • 768 citations

UPDATE OF THE SWEDISH TWO-COUNTY PROGRAM OF MAMMOGRAPHIC SCREENING FOR BREAST CANCER

1992 • 744 citations

Speech and Survival

1981 • 677 citations

Assessment of morbidity from complete axillary dissection

1992 • 527 citations

Fallacy of the Five-Year Survival in Lung Cancer

1978 • 477 citations

Long-term radiation complications following conservative surgery (CS) and radiation therapy (RT) in patients with early stage breast cancer

1992 • 470 citations

The accuracy of clinical nodal staging and of limited axillary dissection as a determinant of histologic nodal status in carcinoma of the breast.

1981 • 422 citations

Role of organ selectivity in the determination of metastatic patterns of B16 melanoma.

1980 • 417 citations

Karnofsky Memorial Lecture. Natural history of small breast cancers.

1994 • 415 citations

Radiation pneumonitis in breast cancer patients treated with conservative surgery and radiation therapy

1991 • 412 citations

Fundamental Aspects of Metastasis

1977 • 412 citations

Axillary lymph node dissection for t1a breast carcinoma. Is it indicated?

1994 • 394 citations

Prognostic importance of occult axillary lymph node micrometastases from breast cancers

1990 • 385 citations

Edema of the arm as a function of the extent of axillary surgery in patients with stage I–II carcinoma of the breast treated with primary radiotherapy

1986 • 385 citations

Evaluation of breast masses and axillary lymph nodes with [F-18] 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-D-glucose PET.

1993 • 381 citations

The psychological morbidity of breast cancer–related arm swelling. Psychological morbidity of lymphoedema

1993 • 353 citations

Stones in the kidney and ureter.

1948 • 323 citations

Long-term followup of breast cancer patients: The 30-year report

1974 • 315 citations

Micrometastases to axillary lymph nodes from carcinoma of breast: Detection by immunohistochemistry and prognostic significance

1987 • 311 citations

Prognostic significance of breast cancer axillary lymph node micrometastases assessed by two special techniques: reevaluation with longer follow-up

1992 • 307 citations

Value of axillary dissection in addition to lumpectomy and radiotherapy in early breast cancer

1992 • 302 citations

The christie hospital breast conservation trial: An update at 8 years from inception

1993 • 285 citations

Impact of axillary lymph node dissection on the therapy of breast cancer patients.

1993 • 281 citations

Regional nodal failure after conservative surgery and radiotherapy for early-stage breast carcinoma.

1991 • 280 citations

Detection and significance of occult axillary node metastases in patients with invasive breast cancer

1978 • 269 citations

Axillary dissection of level I and II lymph nodes is important in breast cancer classification

1992 • 263 citations

Arm edema in conservatively managed breast cancer: obesity is a major predictive factor.

1991 • 259 citations

Occult axillary lymph node metastases in “node-negative” breast carcinoma

1993 • 243 citations

Sex or survival: trade-offs between quality and quantity of life.

1991 • 232 citations

Distribution of axillary node metastases by level of invasion. An analysis of 539 cases

1987 • 232 citations

Positron emission tomography with fluorine-18-deoxyglucose in the detection and staging of breast cancer

1993 • 231 citations

Conservation treatment of early breast cancer: Long term results and complications

1987 • 231 citations

Detection and significance of occult metastases in node-negative breast cancer

1993 • 228 citations

The significance of axillary node levels in the study of breast carcinoma

1955 • 215 citations

Long-Term Results after Microlymphaticovenous Anastomoses for the Treatment of Obstructive Lymphedema

1990 • 210 citations

Radiation-induced brachial plexopathy: Neurological follow-up in 161 recurrence-free breast cancer patients

1993 • 209 citations

Conservative management of breast cancer

1986 • 208 citations

Lymph Node Metastases

1984 • 205 citations

Predictors of axillary lymph node metastases in patients with T1 breast cancer. A multivariate analysis

1994 • 198 citations

Axillary Micro- and Macrometastases in Breast Cancer

1981 • 193 citations

Arm function after axillary dissection for breast cancer: A pilot study to provide parameter estimates

1992 • 190 citations

Frequency, sites of relapse, and outcome of regional node failures following conservative surgery and radiation for early breast cancer

1989 • 187 citations

Pathologic findings from the national surgical adjuvant breast project (protocol no. 4).V. significance of axillary nodal micro- and macrometastases

1978 • 186 citations

Complications Associated with Mastectomy

1983 • 185 citations

Regional nodal management and patterns of failure following conservative surgery and radiation therapy for stage I and II breast cancer

1993 • 183 citations

Arm lymphedema in patients treated conservatively for breast cancer: Relationship to patient age and axillary node dissection technique

1986 • 172 citations

Axillary lymph node metastases in breast cancer: preoperative detection with US.

1986 • 170 citations

Patients with early breast cancer benefit from effective axillary treatment

1985 • 169 citations

Experimental Evidence in Support of the Dormant Tumor Cell

1959 • 169 citations

A mathematical model of axillary lymph node involvement based on 1446 complete axillary dissections in patients with breast carcinoma

1992 • 168 citations

The detection of breast carcinoma micrometastases in axillary lymph nodes by means of reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction

1995 • 166 citations

Level I and II Axillary Dissection in the Treatment of Early-Stage Breast Cancer

1990 • 164 citations

Principles of metastasis

1985 • 160 citations

Prediction of Axillary Lymph Node Status in Breast Cancer Patients by Use of Prognostic Indicators

1994 • 158 citations

Breast cancer: risk of axillary recurrence in node-negative patients following partial dissection of the axilla.

1988 • 155 citations

Are cosmetic results following conservative surgery and radiation therapy for early breast cancer dependent on technique?

1992 • 151 citations

The interrelationship of hematogenous and lymphatic tumor cell dissemination.

1966 • 150 citations

Post-axillary dissection pain in breast cancer due to a lesion of the intercostobrachial nerve

1989 • 148 citations

Complete axillary lymph node dissection for stage I-II carcinoma of the breast.

1986 • 148 citations

Principles of Metastasis

1986 • 143 citations

Total Axillary Lymphadenectomy in the Management of Breast Cancer

1991 • 142 citations

Transmigration of Lymph Nodes by Tumor Cells

1966 • 138 citations

The post-mastectomy pain syndrome and the effect of topical capsaicin

1989 • 138 citations

Lymphedema reduction by noninvasive complex lymphedema therapy.

1994 • 136 citations

The Significance of Local Control in the Primary Treatment of Breast Cancer

1987 • 132 citations

The Use of Closed Suction Drainage After Lumpectomy and Axillary Node Dissection for Breast Cancer A Prospective Randomized Trial

1992 • 132 citations

Breast conservation in the treatment of early breast cancer a 20-year follow-up

1984 • 129 citations

Manchester regional breast study—5 and 10 year results

1982 • 129 citations

Tubular carcinoma of the breast

1982 • 125 citations

THE INADEQUACY OF AXILLARY SAMPLING IN BREAST CANCER

1982 • 121 citations

Comparison of pain, motion, and edema after modified radical mastectomy vs. local excision with axillary dissection and radiation

1992 • 121 citations

Occult axillary lymph node metastases in invasive breast carcinoma: characteristics of the primary tumor and significance of the metastases.

1982 • 115 citations

Importance of Tumor Cells in Axillary Node Sinus Margins (‘Clandestine’ Metastases) Discovered by Serial Sectioning in Operable Breast Carcinoma

1988 • 114 citations

Assessment of Axillary Lymph Node Status

1980 • 114 citations

Carcinoma of the breast.Analysis of total lymph node involvement versus level of metastasis

1977 • 113 citations

The Impact of Microinvasion on Axillary Node Metastases and Survival in Patients With Intraductal Breast Cancer

1990 • 111 citations

A clinical trial in the management of operable cancer of the breast

1980 • 110 citations

Post-mastectomy radiotherapy following adjuvant chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow transplantation for breast cancer patients with ≥ 10 positive axillary lymph nodes

1992 • 109 citations

Comparison of radical mastectomy with alternative treatments for primary breast cancer

1978 • 106 citations

Experimental studies on the spread of cancer in the lymphatic system. I. Effectiveness of the lymph node as a barrier to the passage of embolic tumor cells.

1954 • 105 citations

Conservative treatment of early breast cancer

1988 • 101 citations

Implications of extracapsular nodal metastases for treatment and prognosis of breast cancer

1993 • 99 citations

Effect of shoulder immobilization on wound seroma and shoulder dysfunction following modified radical mastectomy: A randomized prospective clinical trial

1989 • 99 citations

New Therapeutic Possibilities in Primary Invasive Breast Cancer

1993 • 97 citations

Conservative treatment for breast cancer: long-term results (15 years)

1991 • 96 citations

Prognostic Significance of Axillary Nodal Status in Primary Breast Cancer in Relation to the Number of Resected Nodes

1992 • 96 citations

Clinical evaluation of axillar lymph nodes compared to surgical and pathological findings.

1986 • 94 citations

Predicting axillary node positivity in patients with invasive carcinoma of the breast by using a combination of T category and palpability.

1995 • 93 citations

Breast conservation in elderly women for clinically negative axillary lymph nodes without axillary dissection

1994 • 93 citations

Axillary Sampling and the Risk of Erroneous Staging of Breast Cancer: An analysis of 960 consecutive patients

1990 • 93 citations

Patterns of Axillary Nodal Involvement in Breast Cancer Predictability of Level One Dissection

1982 • 92 citations

Locoregional recurrences following radical external beam irradiation and interstitial implantation for operable breast cancer—a twenty three year experience

1986 • 90 citations

Assessment of breast cancer size: a comparison of methods.

1992 • 90 citations

Operable cancer of the breast.A controlled clinical trial

1971 • 90 citations

Primary Breast Cancer Complications of Axillary Management

1986 • 88 citations

Increased lymph node metastases at mastectomy for breast cancer associated with host obesity, cigarette smoking, age, and large tumor size

1988 • 88 citations

Relationship of the size of the invasive component of the primary breast carcinoma to axillary lymph node metastasis

1995 • 86 citations

Are axillary recurrence and overall survival affected by axillary extranodal tumor extension in breast cancer? Implications for radiation therapy.

1995 • 85 citations

Ductal carcinomain situ with microinvasion. A curable entity using surgery alone without need for adjuvant therapy

1991 • 85 citations

Integrin expression in primary breast cancer and its relation to axillary nodal status

1995 • 81 citations

A Personal Experience with Halstedʼs Radical Mastectomy

1984 • 81 citations

Assessment of significance of proportions of intraductal and infiltrating tumor growth in ductal carcinoma of the breast

1973 • 80 citations

Early and Late Normal-tissue Injury after Postmastectomy Radiotherapy Alone or Combined with Chemotherapy

1989 • 80 citations

Do Metastases Metastasize?

1971 • 80 citations

Blood vessel invasion and axillary lymph node involvement as prognostic indicators for human breast cancer

1982 • 77 citations

The intercostobrachial nerve in radical mastectomy

1974 • 77 citations

Intercostobrachial Nerve Entrapment Syndrome

1978 • 75 citations

Intraoperative assessment of nodal status in the selection of patients with breast cancer for axillary clearance

1993 • 75 citations

Conservative treatment of breast cancer in Europe: Report of the Group Européen de Curiethérapie

1986 • 73 citations

Preservation of the intercostobrachial nerve during axillary dissection for breast cancer

1985 • 72 citations

The treatment of operable cancer of the breast: A clinical trial in the South East Region of Scotland

1974 • 69 citations

Colour Doppler demonstrates venous flow abnormalities in breast cancer patients with chronic arm swelling

1994 • 69 citations

Metastasis of metastases

1975 • 69 citations

Rationale for routine axillary dissection in carcinoma of the breast.

1995 • 69 citations

Staging and treatment of clinically occult breast cancer

1984 • 67 citations

The effect of surgical technique on local recurrence rates following mastectomy.

1986 • 66 citations

Treatment of the axilla in patients with screen-detected breast cancer

1993 • 64 citations

Non-palpable lesions of the breast detected by mammography — Review of 1182 consecutive histologically confirmed cases

1994 • 63 citations

Prognosis of breast cancer with axillary node metastases after surgical treatment only

1987 • 62 citations

Invasion: Experimental and Clinical Implications

1985 • 62 citations

Treatment and Survival of Female Patients with Nonpalpable Breast Carcinoma

1989 • 58 citations

Quantitative studies of translymphnodal passage of tumour cells naturally disseminated from a non-immunogenic murine squamous carcinoma

1975 • 57 citations

Management of the Axilla in Patients with Breast Cancers One Centimeter or Smaller

1994 • 56 citations

Recurrence-free survival in patients with small breast cancer. An analysis of cancers 10 mm or less detected clinically and by screening.

1994 • 55 citations

Prediction of Axillary Lymph Node Metastases in a Screened Breast Cancer Population

1994 • 53 citations

Prognostic value of axillary lymphoscintigraphy in breast carcinoma patients.

1986 • 52 citations

Patterns of Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer

1995 • 51 citations

The use of monoclonal antibodies for the histopathological detection of mammary axillary micrometastases.

1987 • 49 citations

The technique of segmental mastectomy (lumpectomy) and axillary dissection: A syllabus from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project workshops.

1987 • 49 citations

Conservative Treatment of Breast Cancer

1985 • 47 citations

Treatment techniques in the conservative management of breast cancer

1992 • 47 citations

Selective avoidance of lymphatic radiotherapy in the conservative management of women with early breast cancer

1999 • 46 citations

Selective avoidance of lymphatic radiotherapy in the conservative management of early breast cancer

1992 • 44 citations

Long term analysis of factors influencing the outcome in carcinoma of the breast smaller than one centimeter.

1992 • 43 citations

Influence of dose-rate and dose per fraction on clinical outcome of breast cancer treated by external beam irradiation plus iridium-192 implants: Analysis of 289 cases

1993 • 42 citations

Increased arterial inflow demonstrated by Doppler ultrasound in arm swelling following breast cancer treatment

1994 • 42 citations

Rotterʼs Node Metastases

1984 • 41 citations

Conservative Surgery Without Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Patients with Early-Stage Invasive Breast Cancer A Review

1995 • 40 citations

Lymphangiography in carcinoma of the breast .A comparison of clinical, radiological, and pathological findings in axillary lymph nodes

1963 • 40 citations

Achievements of Physical Therapy in Patients After Modified Radical Mastectomy Compared With Quadrantectomy, Axillary Dissection, and Radiation for Carcinoma of the Breast

1990 • 39 citations

Location of breast carcinoma and prognosis.

1969 • 39 citations

Lymphatic System Metastasis

1981 • 38 citations

The detection of axillary lymph node metastases from breast cancer by radiolabelled monoclonal antibodies: a prospective study

1989 • 38 citations

The correlation between the spread of metastases by level in the axillary nodes and disease-free survival in breast cancer. A multifactorial analysis

1987 • 37 citations

Post-mastectomy lymphangiosarcoma (Stewart-Treves syndrome): report of two long-term survivals

1991 • 37 citations

Cured of breast cancer?

1995 • 36 citations

A prospective clinical trial of post-operative radiotherapy delivered in three fractions per week versus two fractions per week in breast carcinoma

1975 • 36 citations

Audit of complete axillary dissection in early breast cancer

1994 • 35 citations

Level of Axillary Involvement by Lymph Node Metastases From Breast Cancer Is Not an Independent Predictor of Survival

1991 • 34 citations

Preservation of the intercostobrachial nerve during axillary dissection for carcinoma of the breast.

1982 • 34 citations

Further studies of the relationship between lymphatic dissemination and lymphnodal metastasis in non-immunogenic murine tumours

1977 • 33 citations

Metastatic sites that produce generalized cancer identification and kinetics of generalizing sites

1976 • 30 citations

Surgical resection plus tamoxifen as treatment of breast cancer in elderly patients: a retrospective study

1993 • 30 citations

Atlas of Breast Surgery

1993 • 29 citations

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEPATIC METASTASES. XIII. EFFECT OF HEPATIC TRAUMA IN PARABIOTIC PAIRS.

1963 • 29 citations

Age as a Determinant of Axillary Node Involvement in Invasive Breast Cancer

1992 • 28 citations

The importance of interpectoral nodes in breast cancer

1993 • 28 citations

PREDICTION OF AXILLARY METASTASES IN BREAST CANCER BY LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY

1980 • 27 citations

Disturbance of sensation after mastectomy.

1984 • 27 citations

Radiotherapy and the management of the axilla in early breast cancer

1994 • 26 citations

Prospective evaluation of clinical and pathologic detection of axillary metastases in patients with carcinoma of the breast.

1990 • 25 citations

External irradiation prior to conservative surgery for breast cancer treatment

1991 • 25 citations

Patient population analysis in eortc trial 22881/10882 on the role of a booster dose in breast-conserving therapy

1994 • 23 citations

South-east Scottish trial of local therapy in node negative breast cancer

1994 • 22 citations

Atlas of Surgical Oncology

1997 • 21 citations

[Hypertension as risk factor for increased rate of side effects in the framework of breast carcinoma irradiation].

1992 • 18 citations

The prevention and management of lymphoedema after treatment for breast cancer

1981 • 18 citations

Improved Detection of Metastases to Lymph Nodes and Estrogen Receptor Determination

1990 • 18 citations

Upper Extremity Lymphedema Secondary to Mammary Cancer Treatment

1986 • 17 citations

Tumorectomy plus tamoxifen for the treatment of breast cancer in the elderly.

1993 • 15 citations

Predicting nodal metastases in breast cancer by lymphoscintigraphy.

1983 • 15 citations

Techniques of Lumpectomy and Axillary Dissection

1990 • 15 citations

The investigation of postmastectomy oedema of the arm by lymphography and venography

1978 • 14 citations

Past pregnancy is associated with axillary node involvement in women with breast cancer

1992 • 12 citations

Is an axillary boost necessary in node positive stage II disease in the presence of microscopic extracapsular extension

1993 • 11 citations

Indirect lymphography of the breast with iotasul: a vanishing hope?

1984 • 11 citations

The Cardiff local therapy trial — results at 20 years

1994 • 10 citations

Total mastectomy with axillary dissection

1977 • 10 citations

Patterns of axillary metastases in breast cancer

1986 • 10 citations

Formestane: effective therapy in postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer.

1994 • 7 citations

Parity is associated with axillary nodal involvement in operable breast cancer

1995 • 6 citations

Untersuchungen zur Radikalität der axillären Lymphonodektomie

1990 • 6 citations

The 5th Breast Cancer Working Conference Organised by the EORTC Breast Cancer Working Co-operative Group Leuven, Belgium, September 1991

1992 • 6 citations

Loccregional reciimence and extranodal extension in patients receiving systemic therapy for axillary node positive breast cancer

1993 • 6 citations

Diagnosis of regional lymph node metastases in cancer of the breast

1974 • 5 citations

Outcome and risk factors for local failure after conservative surgery and radiotherapy for ductal carcinoma in situ

1994 • 4 citations

Lymphography of the breast as an accessory in the early diagnosis and detection of carcinoma of the breast: Lymphography as a prognostic tool

1982 • 3 citations

Improved exposure for dissection of axillary lymph nodes performed in conjunction with lumpectomy for carcinoma of the breast.

1989 • 1 citations

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1955 • 0 citations