Diagnostic value of ultrasound and color Doppler in identifying axillary lymph node metastases in patients with breast cancer

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 568-570

  Couto, D ^a   Dias, M ^a   Goncalo M ^a   Pinto, E ^a   De Oliveira, C F ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Axillary nodes; Breast cancer; Color Doppler; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 4644294443     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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