Further axillary metastases associated with isolated tumor cells in sentinel lymph nodes of breast cancer patients [1]

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 287-

  Cserni, Gabor ^a  

^a BÁCS KISKUN COUNTY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MICROMETASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TUMOR CELL;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 31844434179     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000198344.85427.9d     Document Type: Letter

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