Limitation in gamma probe localization of the sentinel node in breast cancer patients with large excisional biopsy

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 248-254

  Feldman, Sheldon M ^a,d   Krag, David N ^b   McNally, Richard K ^c   Moor, Bruce B ^a   Weaver, Donald L ^b   Klein, Petra ^a  

^a Benedictine Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Hudson Valley Surgical   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032957258     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(98)00306-8     Document Type: Article

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