Sentinel lymph node biopsy for staging breast cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 532-537

  Rubio, Isabel T ^a   Korourian, Soheila ^b   Cowan, Christopher ^b   Krag, David N ^c   Colvert, Maureen ^a   Klimberg, V Suzanne ^a,b  

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

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

EID: 0032436602     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(98)00264-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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