Is the clinically positive axilla in breast cancer really a contraindication to sentinel lymph node biopsy?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-14

  Specht, Michelle C ^a   Fey, Jane V ^a   Borgen, Patrick I ^a   Cody III, Hiram S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; LYMPH NODE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 13844255853     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.09.010     Document Type: Article

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