Redefining ultrasound appearance criteria of positive axillary lymph nodes

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 289-296

  Duchesne, Nathalie ^a   Jaffey, James ^b   Florack, Peggy ^a   Duchesne, Simon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST LESION; CANADA; CANCER STAGING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; ULTRASOUND;

AXILLA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 32544447420     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: 08465371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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