Removal of all radioactive sentinel nodes in breast cancer improves the detection of positive sentinel nodes

Clinical and Translational Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 347-350

  Rubio, Isabel ^a   Pedreira, Felisardo ^a   Roca, Isabel ^a   Cabaleiro, Antón ^a   Mendoza, César ^a   Córdoba, Octavi ^a   Cortadellas, Tomás ^a   Sabadell, Dolors ^a   Xercavins, Jordi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

NANOCOLL TC 99M;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 51649086428     PISSN: 1699048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-008-0210-0     Document Type: Article

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