Sentinel lymph node dissection provides axillary control equal to complete axillary node dissection in breast cancer patients with lobular histology and a negative sentinel node

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 598-601

  Khakpour, Nazanin ^a,b   Hunt, Kelly K ^a   Kuerer, Henry M ^a   Yi, Min ^a   Meric Bernstam, Funda ^a   Ross, Merrick I ^a   Lucci, Anthony ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node dissection; Axillary recurrence; Lobular breast cancer; Sentinel lymph node dissection

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HISTOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24944454650     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.06.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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