Routine preoperative lymphoscintigraphy is not necessary prior to sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 445-449

  Burak Jr , William E ^a   Walker, Michael J ^a   Yee, Lisa D ^a   Kim, Julian A ^a   Saha, Sanjoy ^a   Hinkle, George ^b   Olsen, John O ^b   Pozderac, Rodney ^b   Farrar, William B ^a  

^a Division of Surgical Oncology   (United States)

^b Division of Nuclear Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AXILLA; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 0344867019     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00088-4     Document Type: Article

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