Second thoughts on sentinel lymph node biopsy in node-negative breast cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 310-311

  Kuijt, G P ^a   Roumen, R M H ^a  

^a MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; BREAST TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 40749145336     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5992     Document Type: Article

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