Complete axillary dissection: A technique that still has relevance in contemporary management of breast cancer

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 518-521

  Ung, Owen ^a,c   Tan, Mona ^a,d   Chua, Boon ^a   Barraclough, Bruce ^b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NSW Breast Cancer Institute   (Australia)

^d MammoCare   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Axillary clearance; Axillary lymph node dissection; Breast cancer management; Breast surgery; Level I III dissection; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MORBIDITY; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION;

EID: 33744917300     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03765.x     Document Type: Article

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