A review of technical aspects of sentinel lymph node identification for breast cancer

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 261-268

  Tuttle, Todd M ^a   Zogakis, Theresa G ^a   Dunst, Christy M ^b   Zera, Richard T ^b   Singletary, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M; DYE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M; TRACER;

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036334737     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(02)01225-5     Document Type: Article

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