Why perform randomized clinical trials for sentinel node surgery for breast cancer?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 411-413

  Krag, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Randomized clinical trials; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER STATISTICS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES;

EID: 0035161941     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(01)00728-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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