The effect of the number of negative lymph nodes removed during surgery on the survival and recurrence rates of patients with breast cancer after surgery
The removal of a greater number of tumor-free lymph nodes was independently associated with improved 5-year OS and RFS in BC patients following surgery.
Authors
- F. Rad
- Mohammad Rezaei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3888-5839)
- Negar Hashemi
- Mansour Bahardoust (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0744-2931)
- Ali Ranjbarpazuki
- Yasaman Tavakoli
- Adnan Tizmaghz
- Mohammadsadra Shamohammadi
- Meisam Haghmoradi
Institutions
- Iran University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Scarborough Health Network (CA)
- Urmia University (IR)
- Firoozgar General Hospital (IR)
- Motamed Cancer Institute (IR)
- Urmia University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Surgery
- Published
- 2026-01-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-026-03506-x
- Primary Topic
- Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00