Success of sentinel lymph node mapping after breast cancer ablation with focused microwave phased array thermotherapy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 330-332

  Vargas, Hernan I ^a   Dooley, W C ^b   Gardner, R A ^c   Gonzalez, K D ^a   Heywang Kobrunner S H ^d   Fenn, A J ^e  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c Pinecrest Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Breast cancer; Microwaves; Sentinel node; Staging

Indexed keywords

DYE; SULFUR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCISION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; METASTASIS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR NECROSIS; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 0142213208     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(03)00267-8     Document Type: Article

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