The role of computed tomography in the selection of breast cancer treatment

Breast Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 198-203

  Akashi Tanaka, Sadako ^a   Fukutomi, Takashi ^a   Sate, Natsuko ^b   Miyakawa, Kunihisa ^b  

^a Division of Breast Surgey   (Japan)

^b National Division of Breast Surgey   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node; Breast cancer; Breast conserving Treatment; CT scan; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844259683     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02966718     Document Type: Review

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