Unnecessary axillary node dissections in the sentinel lymph node era

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 2664-2668

  Intra, Mattia ^a   Rotmensz, Nicole ^a   Mattar, Denise ^a   Gentilini, Oreste D ^a   Vento, Annarita ^a   Veronesi, Paolo ^a,b   Colleoni, Marco ^a   De Cicco, Concetta ^a   Cassano, Enrico ^a   Luini, Alberto ^a   Veronesi, Umberto ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Complete axillary dissection; Non metastatic lymph nodes; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; Uninvolved axillary nodes; Unnecessary dissection

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 36348970049     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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