Sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer - A modified audit for surgeons in private practice

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 451-455

  Edge, Jenny ^a   Nizami, Athar ^b   Whittaker, Judith ^c   Mansel, Robert ^d  

^a Christiaan Bernard Memorial Hospital   (South Africa)

^b Claremont Medical Village ^*  (South Africa)

^c Whittaker and Baigrie Pathologists   (South Africa)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGEON; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 34447106786     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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