Sentinel node concept in breast cancer

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 176, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 307-314

  Kiricuta, Ion Christian ^a,b  

^a St Vincenz Hospital   (Germany)

^b St Vincenz Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adjuvant treatment; Breast cancer staging; Minimally invasive treatment; Regional lymphatics; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0033915264     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000660050012     Document Type: Article

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