Current status of sentinel lymph node biopsy in early breast cancer

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 215-221

  Jatoi, Ismail ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Axillary lymph node dissection; Clinical trials; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECURRENCE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14844297037     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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