Clinical relevance of intra-operative sentinel lymph node examination in breast cancer management

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-11

  Leung, K M ^a   Chan, K W ^a   Yeoh, Gary P S ^a   Chan, John K C ^b   Cheung, Polly S Y ^c  

^a Canossa Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b Queen Elizabeth Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Axilla; Breast neoplasms; Frozen sections; Lymph node excision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 33947591130     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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