Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer patients. A preoperative staging procedure

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 170-174

  Kuenen Boumeester, V ^a   Menke Pluymers, M ^a   De Kanter, A Y ^a   Obdeijn, I M A ^a   Urich, D ^a   Van der Kwast, T H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Axilla; Breast cancer; FNA; Lymph node; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALPATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0037222742     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(02)00501-4     Document Type: Article

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