Intramammary sentinel nodes in early breast cancer: Can we find them and do they matter?

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-8

  Tytler, I ^a   Hayes, A ^a   Kissin, M ^a  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Intramammary lymph nodes; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; EOSIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HEMATOXYLIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0037312727     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejso.2002.1336     Document Type: Article

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