In vitro sonographic evaluation of sentinel lymph nodes for detecting metastasis in breast cancer: Comparison with histopathologic results

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 923-928

  Shin, Jung Hee ^a,b   Choi, Hye Young ^a   Moon, Byung In ^a   Sung, Sun Hee ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Mokdong Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Lymph node; Sonography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; HISTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TUMORS;

BREAST CANCER; LYMPH NODES (LN);

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; THICKNESS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 3142776231     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.7.923     Document Type: Article

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