Removal of the internal mammary sentinel node in breast cancer

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 962-970

  Domènech Vilardell, Anna ^a   Bajén, María T ^a   Benítez, Ana M ^a   Ricart, Yvonne ^a   Mora, Jaume ^a   Rodríguez Bel, Laura ^a   García Tejedor, Amparo ^a   Climent, Josefina ^a   López Ojeda, Anna ^a   Urruticoechea, Ander ^b   Martín Comín, Josep ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Internal mammary chain; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M COLLOID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73649132972     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e328330addf     Document Type: Article

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