Age and body mass index may increase the chance of failure in sentinel lymph node biopsy for women with breast cancer

Breast Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 88-91

  Cox, Charles E ^a   Dupont, Elisabeth ^a   Whitehead, George F ^a   Ebert, Mark D ^a   Nguyen, Keoni ^a   Peltz, Eric S ^a   Peckham, Darian ^a   Cantor, Alan ^a   Reintgen, Douglas S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Age; Body mass index; Breast cancer; Failure rates; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ISOSULFAN BLUE; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COLLOID; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RISK FACTORS; ROSANILINE DYES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 0036125856     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2002.08203.x     Document Type: Article

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