Role of axillary ultrasound examination in the selection of breast cancer patients for sentinel node biopsy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-20

  Nori, Jacopo ^a   Vanzi, Ermanno ^a   Bazzocchi, Massimo ^b   Bufalini, Filippo Nori ^a   Distante, Vito ^c   Branconi, Francesco ^d   Susini, Tommaso ^d  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d Perinatology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph nodes; Breast cancer; Core biopsy; Sentinel node biopsy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 33845577356     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.02.021     Document Type: Article

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