Increasing age does not affect efficacy of sentinel lymph node biopsy using smaller-sized technetium-99m tin colloids for breast cancer patients

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-54

  Jinno, Hiromitsu ^a   Ikeda, Tadashi ^a   Asaga, Sota ^a   Muto, Takeshi ^a   Kitagawa, Yuko ^a   Fujii, Hirofumi ^a   Mukai, Makio ^a   Kitajima, Masaki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Breast cancer; Particle size; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM TIN COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 20444486038     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2004.08.067     Document Type: Article

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