Predicting the status of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer: A multiparameter approach including axillary ultrasound scanning

Breast

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-108

  Susini, Tommaso ^a   Nori, Jacopo ^b   Olivieri, Simone ^a   Molino, Cecilia ^a   Marini, Giulia ^a   Bianchi, Simonetta ^a   Vezzosi, Vania ^a   Livi, Lorenzo ^a   Mascalchi, Mario ^a   Scarselli, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node dissection; Axillary ultrasound scanning; Breast carcinoma; Lymph node metastasis; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 64649086373     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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