Sentinel lymph node mapping and biopsy for breast cancer: A review of the literature relative to 4791 procedures

Tumori

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 425-434

  Sandrucci, Sergio ^a   Casalegno, Paola Sorba ^a   Percivale, Pierluigi ^b   Mistrangelo, Marinella ^a   Bombardieri, Emilio ^c   Bertoglio, Sergio ^b  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Lymphatic mapping; Metastases; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033388547     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169908500602     Document Type: Article

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