Should internal mammary nodes be sampled in the sentinel lymph node era?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 188-192

  Sugg, Sonia L ^a,b   Ferguson, Donald J ^a   Posner, Mitchell C ^a   Heimann, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Internal mammary lymph nodes; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0033994113     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02523652     Document Type: Article

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