A level III sentinel lymph node in breast cancer

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bowers, Kim ^a   Liu, Yiyan ^a   Ghesani, Nasrin ^a   Kim, Steve H ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOSULFAN BLUE; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 33748302005     PISSN: 14777819     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-4-31     Document Type: Article

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