Can ultrasound evaluate axillary lymph node status in patients with breast cancer?

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-21

  O'Connell, A M ^a   O'Doherty, A ^a   Malone, D E ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Breast; Lymph nodes; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RADIOLOGY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; VALIDITY;

BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 39449129550     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: 08465371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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