Prediction of sentinel lymph node-only disease in women with invasive breast cancer††A complete list of investigators in the University of Louisville Breast Sentinel Lymph Node Study is provided in Am J Surg 2002;184:496-8.

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 882-887

  Chagpar, Anees B ^a   Scoggins, Charles R ^a   Martin II, Robert C G ^a   Carlson, David J ^b   Laidley, Alison L ^c   El Eid, Souzan E ^e   McGlothin, Terre Q ^d   McMasters, Kelly M ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Deaconess Hospital Evansville   (United States)

^c Breast Surgeons of North Texas   (United States)

^d Richardson Regional Hospital   (United States)

^e Hudson Valley Surgical   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Prediction; Sentinel lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR MODEL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 33845304718     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.08.063     Document Type: Article

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