The role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in women undergoing prophylactic mastectomy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 274-277

  Dupont, Elisabeth L ^a   Kuhn, M Ann ^a   McCann, Christa ^a   Salud, Chris ^a   Spanton, Janet L ^a   Cox, Charles E ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; ISOSULFAN BLUE; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; OCCULT CANCER; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 0033659762     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(00)00458-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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