Sentinel node biopsy in elderly breast cancer patients

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 193-196

  Gennari, Roberto ^a   Rotmensz, Nicole ^a   Perego, Elisa ^a   Dos Santos, Gabriela ^a   Veronesi, Umberto ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Elderly patients; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M;

AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11144327205     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2004.08.011     Document Type: Article

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