Preoperative lymphatic mapping does not predict the number of axillary sentinel lymph nodes identified during surgery in breast cancer patients

Breast Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 424-427

  Carmon, Moshe ^a   Hain, Daniel ^a   Shapira, Joseph ^a   Golomb, Eliahu ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Lymphatic mapping; Neoplasm staging; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 33748348404     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1075-122X.2006.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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