Patterns of axillary surgical care for breast cancer in the era of sentinel lymph node biopsy

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 687-696

  Rescigno, John ^a   Zampell, Jamie C ^b   Axelrod, Deborah ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUMOR VOLUME; URBAN AREA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60449093704     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-0195-5     Document Type: Article

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