Less is more: transmammary axillary lymph node evaluation: an initial clinical experience

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 478-480

  Cocilovo, Costanza ^a   Boolbol, Susan K ^a   Valdes, Edna ^a   Feldman, Sheldon ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node; Breast cancer; Minimally invasive; Sentinel node; Transmammary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INCISION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSMAMMARY AXILLARY LYMPH NODE EVALUATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 33748438234     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.06.025     Document Type: Article

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