Thoracoscopic internal mammary sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 315-319

  Ogawa, Y ^a   Ishikawa, T ^a   Sawada, T ^a   Chung, S H ^a   Osaka, H ^a   Takashima, T ^a   Onoda, N ^a   Kato, Y ^a   Ochi, H ^a   Hirakawa, K ^b  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Internal mammary node; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel node biopsy; Thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0037313011     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-002-9042-0     Document Type: Article

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