Accurate axillary nodal staging can be achieved after neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced breast cancer

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 696-699

  Patel, N A ^a   Piper, G ^a   Patel, J A ^a   Malay, M B ^a   Julian, Thomas B ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; TAXOID;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TAXOIDS;

EID: 4544384342     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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