The feasibility and accuracy of the sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast carcinoma

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 699-705

  Jaderborg, Jana M ^a   Harrison, Paul B ^a   Kiser, John L ^a   Maynard, Samuel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISULFINE BLUE; DYE; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032765824     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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