False-negative sentinel node biopsy: Editorial

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2089-2091

  Nieweg, Omgo E ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOGRAPHY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 67651001611     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0540-3     Document Type: Editorial

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