The surgical and oncologic significance of the axillary arch during axillary lymphadenectomy

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 44-47

  Petrasek, Anthony J ^a   Semple, John L ^a   McCready, David R ^a,b,c  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031043566     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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