Management of the axilla in primary breast cancer

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1061-1073

  Jatoi, I ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032820633     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6109(05)70061-X     Document Type: Article

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