Efficacy of reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction screening for micrometastic disease in axillary lymph nodes of breast cancer patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 539-544

  Lockett, Mark A ^a   Metcalf, John S ^a   Baron, Paul L ^a   O'Brien, Paul H ^a   Elliott, Bruce M ^a   Robison, Jacob G ^a   Cole, David J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING;

EID: 0031809836     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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