Breast sentinel lymph node biopsy using radioisotope injection: Is one-day better than two-day protocol?

American Surgeon

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 357-361

  Chok, Siu Ho ^a   Chow, Louis W C ^a,b   Wong, Kam Ho ^a   Cheng, Kam Chau ^a   Ho, Wai Yin ^a  

^a TUNG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STATISTICS; TIME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOISOTOPES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037639126     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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