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Open AccessRetrospective validation study of an artificial neural network-based preoperative decision-support tool for noninvasive lymph node staging (NILS) in women with primary breast cancer (ISRCTN14341750)
Surgical sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is routinely used to reliably stage axillary lymph nodes in early breast cancer (BC). However, SLNB may be associated with postoperative arm morbidities. For most pat...
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Open AccessThe implementation of a noninvasive lymph node staging (NILS) preoperative prediction model is cost effective in primary breast cancer
The need for sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in clinically node-negative (cN0) patients is currently questioned. Our objective was to investigate the cost-effectiveness of a preoperative noninvasive lymph no...
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Open AccessVitamin D receptor expression in invasive breast tumors and breast cancer survival
Vitamin D has been suggested to prevent and improve the prognosis of several cancers, including breast cancer. We have previously shown a U-shaped association between pre-diagnostic serum levels of vitamin D a...
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Open AccessSNPs related to vitamin D and breast cancer risk: a case-control study
It has been suggested that vitamin D might protect from breast cancer, although studies on levels of vitamin D in association with breast cancer have been inconsistent. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) ...
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Open AccessSerum levels of vitamin D, parathyroid hormone and calcium in relation to survival following breast cancer
Vitamin D, parathyroid hormone (PTH) and calcium in blood are correlated with each other. Previous studies have suggested vitamin D to have anti-proliferative effects on tumor cells, whereas PTH may have carci...
