Multifocality and multicentricity are not contraindications for sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer surgery

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ferrari, Alberta ^a   Dionigi, Paolo ^b   Rovera, Francesca ^a   Boni, Luigi ^a   Limonta, Giorgio ^a   Garancini, Silvana ^a   De Palma, Diego ^a   Dionigi, Gianlorenzo ^a   Vanoli, Cristiana ^a   Diurni, Mario ^a   Carcano, Giulio ^a   Dionigi, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 57;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION SITE; ISOTOPE LABELING; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MICROMETASTASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 33750694085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-4-79     Document Type: Article

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