Altered lymphatic drainage after breast-conserving surgery and axillary node dissection: Local recurrence with contralateral intramammary nodal metastases

Clinical Breast Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 486-488

  Wellner, Rachel ^a   Dave, Jasmine ^a   Kim, Unsup ^a   Menes, Tehillah S ^a  

^a ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphoscintigraphy; Mammography; Sentinel node biopsy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DUCT; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 33947257897     PISSN: 15268209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CBC.2007.n.006     Document Type: Article

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