The sentinel node biopsy after previous breast surgery: Preliminary results on 543 patients treated at the European Institute of Oncology

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-163

  Luini, Alberto ^a   Galimberti, Viviana ^a   Gatti, Giovanna ^a,b   Arnone, Paolo ^a   Vento, Anna Rita ^a   Trifirò, Giuseppe ^a   Viale, Giuseppe ^c   Rotmensz, Nicole ^a   Fernandez, Julia Rodriguez ^a   Gilardi, Daniela ^a   Paganelli, Giovanni ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axillary staging; Breast cancer surgery; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 20844446780     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-004-1719-8     Document Type: Article

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