Radioguided sentinel node biopsy to avoid axillary dissection in breast cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-31

  Zurrida, Stefano ^a   Galimberti, Viviana ^a   Orvieto, Enrico ^a   Robertson, Chris ^a   Ballardini, Bettina ^a   Cremonesi, Marta ^a   De Cicco, Concetta ^a   Luini, Alberto ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 0033952109     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10434-000-0028-7     Document Type: Article

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