Sentinel lymph node biopsy as an indicator for axillary dissection in early breast cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 454-458

  Veronesi, U ^a   Galimberti, V ^a   Zurrida, S ^a   Pigatto, F ^a   Veronesi, P ^a   Robertson, C ^a   Paganelli, G ^a   Sciascia, V ^a   Viale, G ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Histological examination; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M COLLOID; ALBURES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 0035087110     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(00)00410-X     Document Type: Article

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