A critique of the sentinel node concept

Breast

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 693-697

  Querci della Rovere, G ^a   Benson, J R ^b  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axillary dissection; Axillary sampling; Sentinel node biopsy; Sentinel node concept

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE COST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; NOMENCLATURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 33751196839     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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