Sentinel lymph node biopsy in male patients with early breast cancer

Oncologist

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 512-515

  Gentilini, Oreste ^a   Chagas, Eduardo ^a   Zurrida, Stefano ^a,b   Intra, Mattia ^a   De Cicco, Concetta ^a   Gatti, Giovanna ^a   Silva, Luzemira ^a   Renne, Giuseppe ^a   Cassano, Enrico ^a   Veronesi, Umberto ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Male breast cancer; Sentinel lymph node; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MALE BREAST; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MASTECTOMY, SIMPLE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35548940239     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.12-5-512     Document Type: Article

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