Breast cancer: Variables affecting sentinel lymph node visualization at preoperative lymphoscintigraphyl

Radiology

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-53

  Birdwell, R L ^a   Smith, K L ^a   Betts, B J ^a   Ikeda, D M ^a   Strauss, H W ^a   Jeffrey, S S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms, metastases, 00.30, 00.33; Breast neoplasms, radionuclide studies, 00.1216; Breast neoplasms, staging, 00.1216, 00.1261; Breast neoplasms, surgery, 00.327, 00.329

Indexed keywords

COLLOID TC 99M; ISOSULFAN BLUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

EID: 0034972375     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.220.1.r01jn2347     Document Type: Article

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