Predicting nonsentinel node status after positive sentinel lymph biopsy for breast cancer: Clinicians versus nomogram

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 654-659

  Specht, Michelle C ^a   Kattan, Michael W ^a   Gonen, Mithat ^a   Fey, Jane ^a   Van Zee, Kimberly J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Completion axillary lymph node dissection; Nomogram; Predictions; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOMOGRAM; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROC CURVE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NOMOGRAMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 23744444238     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2005.06.037     Document Type: Article

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