The clinical value of parasternal sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-326

  Leidenius, Marjut Hannele Kristiina ^a   Krogerus, Leena Anneli ^a   Toivonen, Terttu Sinikka ^a   Leppänen, Esa Antero ^a   Von Smitten, Karl Albert Johan ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Internal mammary lymph nodes; Lymph node metastases; Lymphoscintigraphy; Nodal staging; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

NANOCOLL; NANOCOLL TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN;

EID: 32844459198     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2006.02.022     Document Type: Article

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