Sentinel node micrometastasis in breast carcinoma may not be an indication for complete axillary dissection

Modern Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 762-768

  Rutledge, Heather ^a,b   Davis, Joseph ^a   Chiu, Ronald ^a   Cibull, Michael ^a   Brill, Yolanda ^a   McGrath, Patrick ^a   Samayoa, Luis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary node dissection; Breast cancer; Intraoperative consult; Macrometastasis; Micrometastasis; Nonsentinel node; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 20344389789     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800394     Document Type: Article

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