Endoscopic axillary exploration and sentinel lymphadenectomy

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-47

  Tsangaris, T N ^a,b   Trad, K ^a   Brody, F J ^a   Jacobs, L K ^a   Tsangaris, N T ^a   Sackier, J M ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axilla; Breast cancer; Endoscopy; Sentinel nodes

Indexed keywords

DISULFINE BLUE;

ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032926665     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649900895     Document Type: Article

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