Radioguided sentinel lymph node biopsy in early breast cancer: Experience at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 458-467

  Lo, Yung Feng ^a,b   Hsueh, Swei ^a   Ma, Shih Ya ^a   Chen, Shin Cheh ^a   Chen, Miin Fu ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GAMMA RADIATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STAINING; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 33845604577     PISSN: 02558270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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