Axillary staging utilizing selective sentinel lymphadenectomy for patients with invasive breast carcinoma

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-32

  Dale, Paul S ^a,b   Williams IV, John T ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE; ISOSULFAN BLUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MASTECTOMY; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0031964227     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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