Sentinel lymph node-biopsy in breast cancer: Initial experience at memorial sloan-kettering cancer center

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 423-427

  O'Hea, Brian J ^a   Hill, Arnold D K ^a   El Shirbiny, Ayda M ^a   Yeh, Samuel D J ^a   Rosen, Paul Peter ^a   Coit, Daniel G ^a   Borgen, Patrick I ^a   Cody III, Hiram S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORING AGENTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 0031893638     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(98)00060-X     Document Type: Article

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