The illusion of the learning phase for lymphatic mapping

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 142-147

  Tanis, P J ^a   Nieweg, O E ^a   Hart, A A M ^a   Kroon, B B R ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Binomial distribution; Critical value; Identification rate; Learning phase; Sensitivity; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; METASTASIS; RELIABILITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LEARNING; NETHERLANDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 0036209771     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/aso.2002.9.2.142     Document Type: Article

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