Preoperative lymphoscintigraphy predicts the successful identification but is not necessary in sentinel lymph nodes biopsy in breast cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2215-2220

  Wang, Lei ^a   Yu, Jin Ming ^a   Wang, Yong Sheng ^a,c   Zuo, Wen Shu ^a   Gao, Yan ^a   Fan, Jiang ^b   Li, Ji Yu ^a   Hu, Xu Dong ^a   Chen, Ming Lu ^a   Yang, Guo Ren ^a   Zhou, Zheng Bo ^a   Liu, Yan Song ^a   Li, Yong Qing ^a   Liu, Yan Bing ^a   Zhao, Tong ^a   Chen, Peng ^a  

^a SHANDONG CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^b SHANGHAI PULMONARY HOSPITAL   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EXCISION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TRAINING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 34547443960     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9418-4     Document Type: Article

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