Surgical resection and radiolocalization of the sentinel lymph node in breast cancer using a gamma probe

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 335-340

  Krag, D N ^a   Weaver, D L ^b   Alex, J C ^a   Fairbank, J T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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

^c FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

breast; cancer; gamma probe; lymph node; staging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 0027721921     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-7404(93)90064-6     Document Type: Article

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