Sentinel lymph node biopsy results in less postoperative morbidity compared with axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-27

  Burak Jr , William E ^a   Hollenbeck, Scott T ^a   Zervos, Emmanuel E ^a   Hock, Karen L ^a   Kemp, Lisa C ^a   Young, Donn C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Lymphedema; Sentinel

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MORBIDITY; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0036180565     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(01)00848-0     Document Type: Article

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