The relationship between tumour size, nodal status and distant metastases: on the origins of breast cancer

ConclusionsThe relationship between tumour size, lymph node status and distant metastases in patients with invasive breast cancer is not linear. This calls into question the conventional model that the capacity for a primary breast tumour to metastasize increases as the tumour enlarges.
Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research