Clinically useful detection criteria for sentinel nodes in patients with breast cancer using a radioisotope technique

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 403-406

  Sato, Kazuhiko ^a   Tamaki, Kuniyoshi ^a   Shigekawa, Takashi ^a   Tsuda, Hitoshi ^a   Kosuda, Shigeru ^a   Kusano, Shoichi ^a   Hiraide, Hoshio ^a   Mochizuki, Hidetaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Detection criteria; Radioisotopes; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIOISOTOPE DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPH NODE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTISCANNING;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BACKGROUND RADIATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 0036782774     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyf090     Document Type: Article

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