Sentinel lymphadenectomy in breast cancer: An alternative to routine axillary dissection

Breast Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-6

  Noguchi, Masakuni ^a   Kawahara, Futoshi ^a   Tsugawa, Koichiro ^a   Bando, Etsuro ^a   Miwa, Koichi ^a   Yokoyama, Kunihiko ^a   Nakajima, Ken Ichi ^a   Tonami, Norihisa ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axillary dissection; Breast cancer; Sentinel lymphadenectomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002456930     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02967410     Document Type: Review

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