Beyond the clinical trials: How often is sentinel lymph node dissection performed for breast cancer?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-47

  Maggard, Melinda A ^a,b   Lane, Karen E ^c   O'Connell, Jessica B ^b,d   Nanyakkara, Deepa Dharshani ^b   Ko, Clifford Y ^b,d  

^a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Breast cancer; Quality of care; Sentinel lymph node dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; SEER PROGRAM; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 16844374630     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10434-004-1168-y     Document Type: Article

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