Axillary lymph node dissection: Does it have a role in primary breast cancer?

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-161

  Pack, Mark S ^a,b   Thomas, Robert S ^a  

^a U S Army Medical Corps   (United States)

^b EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029894533     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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