Sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer: Impact of the number of sentinel nodes removed on the false-negative rate

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 684-689

  Wong, Sandra L ^a,b,c,d,e   Edwards, Michael J ^a,b,c,d,e   Chao, Celia ^a,b,c,d,e   Tuttle, Todd M ^a,b,c,d,e   Noyes, R Dirk ^a,b,c,d,e   Carlson, David J ^a,b,c,d,e   Cerrito, Patricia B ^a,b,c,d,e   McMasters, Kelly M ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c PARK NICOLLET CLINIC   (United States)

^d LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e St Marys Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUING EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; SEROCONVERSION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLLOIDS; COLORING AGENTS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 0034985910     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(01)00858-4     Document Type: Article

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