The effect of lymphatic tumor burden on sentinel lymph node biopsy results

Breast Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 192-198

  Wong, Sandra L ^a   Edwards, Michael J ^a   Chao, Celia ^a   Simpson, Diana ^a   McMasters, Kelly M ^a,b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary metastases; Breast cancer; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TUMOR VOLUME;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036326821     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2002.08402.x     Document Type: Article

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