Clinical relevance of internal mammary node mapping as a guide to radiation therapy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 321-324

  Dupont, Elisabeth L ^a   Salud, Chris J ^a   Peltz, Eric S ^a   Nguyen, Keoni ^a   Whitehead, George F ^a   Ku, Ni Ni ^a   Reintgen, Douglas S ^a   Cox, Charles E ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal mammary node; Lymphatic mapping; Radiation therapy; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ISOSULFAN BLUE; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INJECTION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOACTIVITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROSANILINE DYES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 0035172572     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(01)00720-6     Document Type: Article

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