Axillary ultrasound scanning in the follow-up of breast cancer patients undergoing sentinel node biopsy

Breast

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 190-196

  Susini, Tommaso ^a   Nori, Jacopo ^b   Vanzi, Ermanno ^b   Livi, Lorenzo ^a   Pecchioni, Silvia ^a   Bazzocchi, Massimo ^c   Mangialavori, Giuseppe ^d   Branconi, Francesco ^a   Scarselli, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d F Tappeiner Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph nodes; Breast cancer; Core biopsy; Follow up; Recurrence; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 33947628753     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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