DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2017.v05i02.037

Pages: 495-497

Breast cancer is the leading malignancy type seen in females today. Failure to diagnose this condition during early term due to lost time is one of the most important mortality factors. The lymph node status of 393 patients with T1c tumor who underwent Modified Radical Mastectomy(MRM) was investigated retrospectively. In 79 of 393 patients (%20.1) radiologic investigation revealed metastatic lymph nodes, therefore in 314 patients(%79.8) there were no signs of metastatic lymh nodes. 268 of 314 radiologically negative patients(%85.3) were also diagnosed as lymh node negative in respect of histopathologic investigation, but in 46 (%14.6) histopathological examination revealede metastatic lymph nodes. Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer of women among the world. Ccording to literature every 1 of 11 woman has breast cancer. The development time of tumor has been a topic of many studies until now. In breast cencer, doubling time of tumor accepted as 30 days. The doubling time of tumors greater than 2 cm is accepted to be 140 days. This study revealed the importance of investigation lymph node involvement even on T1 tumors.