Tumor characteristics predictive of sentinel node metastases in 105 consecutive patients with invasive lobular carcinoma

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 372-376

  Grube, Baiba J ^a   Hansen, Nora M ^a   Ye, Xing ^a   Giuliano, Armando E ^a  

^a JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Invasive lobular carcinoma; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR IMMUNITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036805727     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(02)00939-X     Document Type: Article

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