Cortical morphologic features of axillary lymph nodes as a predictor of metastasis in breast cancer: In vitro sonographic study

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 646-652

  Bedi, Deepak G ^a   Krishnamurthy, Rajesh ^b   Krishnamurthy, Savitri ^a   Edeiken, Beth S ^a   Le Petross, Huong ^a   Fornage, Bruno D ^a   Bassett Jr , Roland L ^a   Hunt, Kelly K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Nodal metastasis; Nodal sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 51349146620     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2460     Document Type: Article

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