High-resolution ultrasonographic features of axillary lymph node metastasis in patients with breast cancer

Breast

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-122

  Choi, Yoon Jung ^a   Ko, Eun Young ^b   Han, Boo Kyung ^b   Shin, Jung Hee ^b   Kang, Seok Seon ^b   Hahn, Soo Yeon ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast neoplasms; Lymph nodes; Metastases; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 64649099184     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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