Thin section computed tomography in the prone position for detection of axillary lymph node metastases in breast cancer

Oncology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1403-1406

  Hata, Yasuhiro ^a   Ogawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Nishioka, Akihito ^a   Inomata, Taisuke ^a   Yoshida, Shoji ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axilla; Breast cancer; Computed tomography; Lymph node

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BODY POSTURE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SLICE;

EID: 0031683506     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.5.6.1403     Document Type: Article

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