Patterns of care with a positive sentinel node: Echoes of an opportunity missed

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2429-2430

  Morrow, Monica ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MICROMETASTASIS; PATIENT CARE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 68949219431     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0552-z     Document Type: Editorial

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