A pilot study on thoracoscopic internal mammary lymphatic chain dissection for breast cancer

Breast

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 568-573

  He, Qingqing ^a   Jiang, Jun ^a   Yang, Xinhua ^a   Fan, Linjun ^a   Guo, Meiqin ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Endoscopic surgery; Internal mammary lymphatic chain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY LYMPHATIC CHAIN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; OPERATION DURATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; TROCAR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 56649095819     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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