Breast cancer sentinel lymph node identification rates: The influence of radiocolloid mapping, case volume, and the place of the procedure

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1629-1637

  Nathanson, S David ^a   Grogan, Jennifer K ^a   DeBruyn, Deborah ^a   Kapke, Alissa ^a   Karvelis, Kastytis ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Case volume; Radiocolloid; Sentinel lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; COLLOID; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MASTECTOMY; MOLECULAR PROBE; OPERATING ROOM; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGEON; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; ROSANILINE DYES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 34249109136     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9313-4     Document Type: Article

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