ArticleOncoTargets and therapy2018
How many ELNs are optimal for breast cancer patients with more than three PLNs who underwent MRM? A large population-based study.
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- Locally advanced breast cancer is the number of dissected nodes after neoadjuvant chemotherapy important?Ecancermedicalscience · 2026Review
- Axillary lymph node dissection in node-positive breast cancer: are ten nodes adequate and when is enough, enough?Breast cancer research and treatment · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundFew studies have focused on the optimal threshold of examed lymph nodes (ELNs) for breast cancer patients with more than three positive lymph nodes after modified radical mastectomy. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe X-tile and the minimum
resultsThe results showed that 12 ELNs was the optimal threshold for these patients, and the patients with >12 ELNs had a better cancer-specific survival benefit compared with the patients with <12 ELNs (
conclusionThe number 12 can be selected as the optimal threshold of ELNs for breast cancer patients with >3 positive lymph nodes after modified radical mastectomy.
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