Fallacies of preoperative lymphoscintigraphy in detecting sentinel node in breast cancer

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Pandey, Manoj ^a   Deo, Surya V S ^b   Maharajan, R ^c  

^a Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital & Research Centre Bhopal   (India)

^b INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

^c Department of Cardiology   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

EID: 27444434361     PISSN: 14777819     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-3-31     Document Type: Article

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