Ultrasonography and fine-needle aspiration cytology can spare breast cancer patients unnecessary sentinel lymph node biopsy

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-35

  Van Rijk, Maartje C ^a   Deurloo, Eline E ^b   Nieweg, Omgo E ^a   Gilhuijs, Kenneth G A ^a   Peterse, Johannes L ^a   Rutgers, Emiel J T ^a   Kröger, Robert ^a   Kroon, Bin B R ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Lymphatic metastasis; Mammary; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 30944446204     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2005.01.024     Document Type: Article

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