Clinicopathologic factors associated with false-negative sentinel lymph-node biopsy in breast cancer [1]

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 324-

  Cody, Hiram S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 33748119651     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000230027.27680.97     Document Type: Letter

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