Combined axillary reverse mapping (ARM) technique for breast cancer patients requiring axillary dissection

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2550-2555

  Nos, Claude ^a,b   Kaufmann, Gabriel ^b   Clough, Krishna B ^b   Collignon, Marie Anne ^a   Zerbib, Eric ^c   Cusumano, Pino ^b   Lecuru, Fabrice ^a  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b Paris Breast Center   (France)

^c Centre Imagerie Médicale de l'Ouest Parisien   (France)

Author keywords

Axillary reverse mapping; Breast carcinoma; Lymphedema; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

DYE; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; AXILLARY REVERSE MAPPING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE TRACING; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 50049087221     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-0030-z     Document Type: Article

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