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Impact of the obesity on lymph node status in operable breast cancer patients.

Özge Keskin, Sercan Aksoy, Taner Babacan, Furkan Sarici, Neyran Kertmen, Mustafa Solak, Fatma Paksoy Türköz, Ece Esin, İbrahim Petekkaya, Kadri Altundağ

PubMed · 2014 · 15 citations · 22 references

Abstract

The number of the dissected lymph nodes was slightly higher in obese patients but there was no correlation between metastatic lymph node number and BMI. The number of the dissected and involved lymph nodes was higher in the HER2 positive group.

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