Preoperative lymphoscintigraphy for breast cancer does not improve the ability to identify axillary sentinel lymph nodes

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 231, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 724-731

  McMasters, Kelly M ^a,j   Wong, Sandra L ^a   Tuttle, Todd M ^b   Carlson, David J ^c   Brown, C Matthew ^d   Noyes, R Dirk ^e   Glaser, Rebecca L ^f   Vennekotter, Donald J ^c   Turk, Peter S ^g   Tate, Peter S ^h   Sardi, Armando ⁱ   Edwards, Michael J ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b PARK NICOLLET CLINIC   (United States)

^c Deaconess Hospital Evansville   (United States)

^d Norton Hospital   (United States)

^e LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Franciscan Rehabilitation Center   (United States)

^g PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h CENTRAL BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ St Agnes Healthcare   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; COLLOID; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AXILLA; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; ROSANILINE DYES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 18744417363     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200005000-00013     Document Type: Article

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