Sentinel lymph node biopsy for thyroid cancer: Why bother?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 2-

  Delbridge, Leigh ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOMA; NOTE; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGEON; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1342301583     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-1433.2003.02939.x     Document Type: Note

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