Sentinel node localization in patients with non-palpable breast cancer

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1165-1169

  FernAndez A ^a   Escobedo, A ^a   Benito, E ^a   Azpeitia, D ^a   GumA A ^a   Prieto, L ^a   Moreno, A ^a   Martin comin, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Non palpable breast cancer; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; METASTASIS; PALPATION; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN;

EID: 12244251842     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200212000-00003     Document Type: Article

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