Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Use of Axillary Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Carcinoma of the Breast: Current Update

Breast Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-88

  Schwartz, Gordon F ^a,b,c,d  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Breast Health Institute   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary nodes; Breast carcinoma; Lymph nodes; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; ISOSULFAN BLUE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 1642385391     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1075-122X.2004.21439.x     Document Type: Review

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