TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 34. Ultrasound Evaluation of the Lymphatic Spread of Breast Cancer A1 - Fornage, Bruno D. A2 - Kuerer, Henry M. PY - 2010 T2 - Kuerer's Breast Surgical Oncology AB - In patients with breast cancer, the presence of nodal metastases limits the therapeutic options and also indicates worse prognosis. When a potentially "early" curable cancer has been detected, the next most critical step is therefore to determine whether the nodal basins are involved as part of the staging process. The TNM classification system has been revised to better reflect the prognostic implications of the discovery of lymph node metastasis in the various nodal basins draining the cancer-containing breast.1 SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/25 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6411526 ER -