Eighteen sensations after breast cancer surgery: A 5-year comparison of sentinel lymph node biopsy and axillary lymph node dissection

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1653-1661

  Baron, Roberta H ^a   Fey, Jane V ^a   Borgen, Patrick I ^b   Stempel, Michelle M ^a   Hardick, Kathleen R ^a   Van Zee, Kimberly J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Maimonides Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node dissection; Breast cancer; Sensations; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; SLNB

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARESTHESIA; PREVALENCE; SENSATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249048615     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9334-z     Document Type: Article

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