Evaluation of axillary status in patients with breast cancer using thin-section CT

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 314-319

  Shien, Tadahiko ^a,b   Akashi Tanaka, Sadako ^a   Yoshida, Miwa ^a   Hojo, Takashi ^a   Iwamoto, Eriko ^a   Miyakawa, Kunihisa ^a   Kinoshita, Takayuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axillary status; Breast; Chemotherapy; CT; Neoadjuvant

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; PACLITAXEL;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49749105150     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-007-0753-z     Document Type: Article

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