title: [Prognosis of stage II and III breast cancer in women and critique of various aspects of the TNM system].
abstract: A five-year survival study has been made on 383 patients with breast cancer belonging to the stages II and III of the TNM classification. After the results we consider advisable making a subdivision of these stages forming groups of patients having a similar prognosis in order to apply a statistical treatment to a more homogeneous group and set the treatment on a prognosis basis. In addition it has been considered convenient to transfer the patients classified as T3N0M0 of stage III to stage II attending to their prognosis. Finally, a TNM classification including said concepts is proposed.
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Estudio pronóstico de los estadios II y III del cáncer de mama en la mujer y crítica de algunos aspectos del sistema TNM.