Axillary node dissection for early breast cancer: Some is good, but all is better

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 8-13

  Moffat, Frederick L ^a   Senofsky, Gregory M ^a   Davis, Kevin ^a   Clark, Kimberley C ^a   Robinson, David S ^a   Ketcham, Alfred S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

axillary lymphadenectomy; breast cancer staging; regional nodal radiotherapy; upper extremity lymphedema

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; AXILLARY VEIN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; EARLY CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026661699     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.2930510105     Document Type: Article

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