Appropriate surgeon training for breast cancer sentinel lymph node biopsy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 313-314

  McMasters, Kelly M ^a   Moonka, Ravi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; TUMOR BIOPSY; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; SURGERY;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGERY;

EID: 0141724590     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(03)00101-6     Document Type: Letter

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