US-guided core needle biopsy of axillary lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer: Why and how to do it

Radiographics

Volumn 27, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages

  Abe, Hiroyuki ^a   Schmidt, Robert A ^a   Sennett, Charlene A ^a   Shimauchi, Akiko ^a   Newstead, Gillian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

AXILLA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS;

EID: 36148936832     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.27si075502     Document Type: Review

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