Intramammary lymph nodes: Patterns of discovery and clinical significance

Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 495-499

  Vijan, Sandeep S ^a   Hamilton, Steven ^a   Chen, Beiyun ^a   Reynolds, Carol ^a   Boughey, Judy C ^a   Degnim, Amy C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LYMPH NODES; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 64449087615     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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