Gray scale and power Doppler US in the preoperative evaluation of axillary metastases in breast cancer patients with no palpable lymph nodes

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1215-1223

  Esen, Gul ^a   Gurses, Bengi ^a   Yilmaz, Mehmet Halit ^a   Ilvan, Sennur ^a   Ulus, Sila ^a   Celik, Varol ^a   Farahmand, Mehmet ^a   Oz Calay, Ozden ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Axilla; Breast neoplasm; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 20344402784     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2605-9     Document Type: Article

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