The role of axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer patients with sentinel lymph node micrometastases

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-147

  Gipponi, Marco ^a   Canavese, G ^a   Lionetto, R ^a   Catturich, A ^a   Vecchio, C ^a   Sapino, A ^b   Friedman, D ^a   Cafiero, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Sentinel lymph node; Therapeutic planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROMETASTASIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 32944458584     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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