Role of ultrasonography to detect axillary node involvement in operable breast cancer

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 140-143

  Vaidya, Jayant S ^a   Vyas, Jitendra J ^a   Thakur, Meenakshi H ^a   Khandelwal, Kamlesh C ^a   Mittra, Indraneel ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Axillary nodes; Breast cancer; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029990944     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0748-7983(96)90593-4     Document Type: Article

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