Women's choice between sentinel lymph node biopsy and axillary clearance

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 110-113

  Gan, Steven ^a   Magarey, Christopher ^a   Schwartz, Peter ^a   Papadatos, George ^a   Graham, Peter ^a   Vallentine, Jane ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axillary dissection; Breast cancer; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY CLEARANCE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036179978     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.02309.x     Document Type: Article

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