Optimal sentinel node examination and a new strategy for axillary control in breast cancer

Breast Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 10-14

  Ishikawa, Hirofumi ^a   Sato, Kazuhiko ^a   Mochizuki, Hidetaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axillary clearance; Breast cancer; Histological examination; Sentinel lymph node; Tin colloid

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MASTECTOMY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0036163239     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2002.08003.x     Document Type: Article

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