Sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer may have little to offer four-node-samplers: Results of a prospective comparison study

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1076-1080

  Bagust, A ^a   Barraza Llorens, M ^a   Philips, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axilla; Breast; Cancer; Lymph; Node; Sampling; Sentinel; Surgery

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLLOID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTOPE LABELING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 0035005149     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(00)00367-1     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Radioactive gun shows where cancer has spread
2. Proceedings of the 6th Nottingham International Breast Cancer Conference
3. Proceedings of the 1st European Breast Cancer Conference, Florence, Italy
4. Physical and psychological morbidity after axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer
5. Assessment of morbidity after complete axillary dissection
6. Lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer
7. Sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer
8. Sentinel lymphadenectomy in breast cancer
9. Sentinel node biopsy to avoid axillary dissection in breast cancer with clinically negative nodes
10. Lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy in the patient with breast cancer
11. The Edinburgh randomised trial of axillary sampling or clearance after mastectomy
12. Management of the axilla in patients with operable breast cancer treated by breast conservation: A randomised trial
13. 10-year results of a randomised clinical trial comparing radical mastectomy and total mastectomy with or without radiation
14. Assessment of axillary lymph node status
15. The inadequacy of axillary sampling in breast cancer
16. Arm morbidity within a trial of mastectomy and either nodal sample with selective radiotherapy or axillary clearance
17. Estimating the overlap between sentinel lymph nodes and axillary node samples in breast cancer
18. The sentinel node in breast cancer - A multicentre validation study
19. Preoperative lymphoscintigraphy for breast cancer does not improve the ability to identify axillary sentinel lymph nodes
20. Sentinel lymphadenectomy for breast cancer: Experience with 180 consecutive patients: Efficacy of filtered technetium 99m sulphur colloid with overnight migration time
21. Tagging sentinel nodes: A study of 100 patients with breast cancer
22. The design and clinical use of the Nottingham Prognostic Index in breast cancer
23. Multicentre study of ultrasonographically guided axillary node biopsy in patients with breast cancer
24. The axilla: Not a no-go zone