The sentinel lymph node biopsy under local anesthesia in breast carcinoma: Experience of the European Institute of Oncology and impact on quality of life

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-74

  Luini, Alberto ^a   Gatti, Giovanna ^a,b   Zurrida, Stefano ^a   Galimberti, Viviana ^a   Paganelli, Giovanni ^a   Naninato, Paola ^a   Caldarella, Pietro ^a   Rotmensz, Nicole ^c   Winnikow, Erik ^a   Viale, Giuseppe ^c  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Local anesthesia; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 13644249136     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-004-1473-y     Document Type: Article

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