Technical issues and pathologic implications of sentinel lymph node biopsy in early-stage breast cancer patients

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 81-87

  Canavese, Giuseppe ^a   Gipponi, Marco ^a   Catturich, Alessandra ^a   Vecchio, Carlo ^a   Tomei, Daniela ^a   Nicol, Guido ^a   Carli, Franca ^a   Spina, Bruno ^a   Bonelli, Luigina ^a   Villa, Giuseppe ^b   Buffoni, Ferdinando ^b   Bianchi, Pietro ^b   Agnese, Antonio ^b   Mariani, Giuliano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node dissection; Breast neoplasm; Lymphatic mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 0035004967     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.1074     Document Type: Article

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