S-classification of sentinel lymph node predicts axillary nonsentinel lymph node status in patients with breast cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 848-853

  Fink, Astrid Maria ^a   Lass, Harald ^a   Hartleb, Helmut ^a   Jurecka, Wolfgang ^a   Salzer, Heinrich ^a   Steiner, Andreas ^a  

^a WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node dissection; Breast cancer; S classification; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLASSIFICATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 39149083138     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9694-z     Document Type: Article

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