Sentinel lymph node involvement - A predictor for axillary node status with breast cancer - Has the time come?

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 166-168

  Koller, M ^b   Barsuk, D ^b   Zippel, D ^b   Engelberg, S ^b   Ben Ari, G ^b   Papa, M Z ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031837808     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0748-7983(98)92827-X     Document Type: Article

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