Sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer after 10 years: rethinking basic principles

Lancet Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 686-692

  Bleiweiss, Ira J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYTOKERATIN; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; META ANALYSIS; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 33746470380     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(06)70796-3     Document Type: Note

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