The Sentinel node in breast cancer. A multicenter validation study

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 941-946

  Krag, David ^a,b   Weaver, Donald ^b   Ashikaga, Takamaru ^b   Moffat, Frederick ^c   Klimberg, V Suzanne ^d   Shriver, Craig ^e   Feldman, Sheldon ^f   Kusminsky, Roberto ^g   Gadd, Michele ^h   Kuhn, Joseph ⁱ   Harlow, Seth ^b   Beitsch, Peter ^j   Whitworth Jr , Pat ^k   Foster Jr , Roger ^l   Dowlatshahi, Kambiz ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Benedictine Hospital   (United States)

^g CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j St Paul University Hospital   (United States)

^k Department of General Surgery   (United States)

^l EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 0032189897     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199810013391401     Document Type: Article

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