Survey of ASCO members on management of sentinel node micrometastases in breast cancer: Variation in treatment recommendations according to specialty

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2442-2449

  Wasif, Nabil ^a   Ye, Xing ^a   Giuliano, Armando E ^a  

^a JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68949207064     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0549-7     Document Type: Article

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