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Old 09-12-2005, 07:07 PM   #7
Rozebud
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Here's a long (but I think good) article I just ran across....

http://theoncologist.alphamedpress.org/cgi...nt/full/9/6/606

It says that presence of lymph nodes is the biggest predictor, then how many, then size of tumor. That doesn't mean grade isn't a predictor, just not as big as the others. Also, I will highlight one quote from the article:

"In conclusion, tumor grade does have prognostic significance and is primarily used to make decisions for lymph node-negative patients with borderline tumor sizes. "
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