Sentinel Lymph Node Micrometastasis as a Predictor of Axillary Tumor Burden

Breast Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-105

  Dabbs, David J ^a   Fung, Mark ^a   Landsittel, Douglas ^b   McManus, Kim ^a   Johnson, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary; Micrometastasis; Sentinel lymph node; Tumor burden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TUMOR VOLUME;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PENNSYLVANIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 1642360927     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1075-122X.2004.21280.x     Document Type: Article

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