Telethermography and axillary node status as predictors of early relapse in breast cancer: preliminary report.
The authors report on 141 primary, non-metastatic, breast cancer patients with a minimum follow-up of 12 months after surgery to a maximum of 5 years. All cases were studied according to the patterns of the preoperative telethermography (TH) and nodal status (N). Prognosis was evaluated in terms of incidence of relapse. A statistically significant correlation was found between TH+ and early relapse, and for N+, but there was no correlation between TH and N, both for negative and positive values. The results suggest a complementary prognostic value of the two parameters.
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011379:Prognosis; D013817:Thermography