Clinical relevance of sentinel lymph nodes in the internal mammary chain in breast cancer patients

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1283-1287

  Paredes, Pilar ^a   Vidal Sicart, Sergi ^a,b   Zanón, Gabriel ^c   Pahisa, Jaume ^c   Fernández, Pedro Luís ^b,c   Velasco, Martín ^b,c   Santamaría, Gorane ^b,c   Ortín, Jaime ^a   Duch, Joan ^a   Pons, Francesca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Gamma probe; Internal mammary chain; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTION SITE; ISOTOPE LABELING; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 27744522732     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-005-1867-z     Document Type: Article

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