Sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer: Does the number of sentinel nodes removed have an impact on the accuracy of finding a positive node?

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 130-136

  Schrenk, Peter ^a   Rehberger, Wolfgang ^a   Shamiyeh, Andreas ^a   Wayand, Wolfgang ^a  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Axillary dissection; Breast cancer; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; COLLOID; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 0036301046     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.10112     Document Type: Article

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