Incidence of intramammary nodes in completion mastectomy specimens after axillary node sampling: Implications for breast conserving surgery

Breast

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-198

  Rampaul, R S ^a   Dale, O T ^a   Mitchell, M ^a   Blamey, R W ^a   Macmillan, R D ^a   Robertson, J F ^a   Ellis, I O ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axilla; Axillary node sampling; Breast conserving surgery; Intramammary; Node

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SAMPLING; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 41549158786     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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