Purpose: Although screening MMG leads to increase of early small breast cancer, axillary lymph node metastasis is still an important prognsotic factor in these patients. The aim of this study is to evaluate the incidence ...

Purpose: This study was done to determine the suitable level of energy for the elimination of saphenous veins. Methods: A randomized comparative study was done to determine the optimal linear endovenous energy density ...

Purpose: The most important prognostic factor in patients with operable breast cancer is lymph node involvement. The 6th edition of AJCC categorizes metastasis to more than 10 nodes as N3, or stage IIIc. Such patients have ...

Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate whether low FDG uptake would be associated with the biological lowaggressiveness of invasive ductal carcinoma. Methods: The subjects consisted of 124 female patients with primary ...

Purpose: Recently, diagnosis of stage 1 gastric cancer has increased in number and prognosis is excellent when proper treatment is done. However, some patients have recurrence and their prognosis is poor. Thus, we investigated ...

The 10th St. Gallen International Conference- Primary Therapy of Early Breast Cancer was held in March 2007. The St. Gallen Conferences has focused on reaching expert consensus for patient treatment selection. Three ...

Purpose: Decreased expressions of E-cadherin and β- catenin are known to be associated with tumor metastases. but the clinical relationship between the degree of expression and the prognosis in colorectal cancer remains ...