Touch imprint cytology of the sentinel lymph nodes might not be indicated in early breast cancer patients with ultrasonically uninvolved axillary lymph nodes

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2257-2262

  Perhavec, Andraž ^a   Besić, Nikola ^a   Hočevar, Marko ^a   Žgajnar, Janez ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; Touch imprint cytology; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TOUCH IMPRINT CYTOLOGY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 48149107877     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-9957-3     Document Type: Article

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