A strategic approach to the evaluation of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer patients: analysis of 168 patients at a single institution

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 524-526

  Sahoo, Sunati ^a   Sanders, Mary Ann ^a   Roland, Lane ^a   Pile, Nancy ^a   Chagpar, Anees B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Sentinel lymph node; Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLA; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

AXILLA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 34548437510     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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