Ultrasonography of the axilla in the follow-up of breast cancer patients who have a negative sentinel node biopsy and who avoid axillary clearance

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 571-575

  Leikola, Junnu ^a,b   Saarto, Tiina ^a   Joensuu, Heikki ^a   Sarvas, Krista ^a   Vironen, Jaana ^a   Von Smitten, Karl ^a   Virkkunen, Pekka ^a   Vanharanta, Brita ^a   Mäkelä, Pekka ^a   Leidenius, Marjut ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746721428     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860600660795     Document Type: Article

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