Utility of ultrasound and fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the axilla in the assessment of invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 450-455

  Boughey, Judy C ^a   Middleton, Lavinia P ^a   Harker, Lori ^a   Garrett, Betsy ^a   Fornage, Bruno ^a   Hunt, Kelly K ^a   Babiera, Gildy V ^a   Dempsey, Peter ^a   Bedrosian, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary ultrasound; Breast cancer; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Invasive lobular carcinoma; Nodal staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DUCT; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548387423     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.06.017     Document Type: Article

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