Role of sonography in the diagnosis of axillary lymph node metastases in breast cancer: A systematic review

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1342-1348

  Alvarez, Soledad ^a   Añorbe, Enrique ^a   Alcorta, Pilar ^a   López, Fernando ^a   Alonso, Ignacio ^a   Cortés, Julia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymph nodes; Metastases; Sonography

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDLINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AXILLA; BIOPSY; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AXILLA; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33745530603     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0936     Document Type: Review

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