A comparison of rates of lymph node metastases between patients undergoing sentinel and axillary lymphadenectomy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 558-561

  Moonka, Ravi ^a   Hunter, Jeffrey A ^a   Cray, William K ^a   Duncan, Mona ^a   Wechter, Debra G ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary lymphadenectomy; Breast cancer; Sentinel lymphadenectomy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGERY;

EID: 0036273827     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(02)00837-1     Document Type: Article

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