Staging of Breast Cancer: A New Rationale for Internal Mammary Node Biopsy

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 1981, Pages 748-751

  Morrow, Monica ^a   Foster, Roger S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 0019433831     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1981.01380180012003     Document Type: Article

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