Multicentre study of ultrasonographically guided axillary node biopsy in patients with breast cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1459-1462

  De Kanter, A Y ^a   Van Eijck, C H J ^a   Van Geel, A N ^a   Kruijt, R H ^a   Henzen, S C ^a   Paul, M A ^b   Eggermont, A M M ^a   Wiggers, T ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Zuiderziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0032697124     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1999.01243.x     Document Type: Article

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