Is complete axillary dissection necessary for all patients with positive findings on sentinel lymph node biopsy? Validation of a breast cancer nomogram for predicting the likelihood of a non-sentinel lymph node

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Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-155

  Amanti, Claudio ^a   Lombardi, Augusto ^a   Maggi, Stefano ^a   Moscaroli, Alessandra ^a   Russo, Marzia Lo ^a   MagIio, Riccardo ^a   Provenza, Giuseppe ^a   Romano, Camilla ^a   Pezzatini, Massimo ^a   Scopinaro, Francesco ^b   Di Stefano, Domenica ^c  

^a Operative Units lchirurgia Senologica   (Italy)

^b Radiologia e Medicina Nucleare   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Ntraoperative pathologic evaluation; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOMOGRAM; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 67649088872     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160909500204     Document Type: Article

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