Internal mammary node metastasis in breast cancer: Predictive models to determine status & management algorithms

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-22

  Noushi, F ^a   Spillane, A J ^a   Uren, R F ^b   Gebski, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; False negative rate; Internal mammary lymph node metastasis; lymphoscintigraphy; Modeling; Sentinel nodes; Staging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

AXILLA; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 73649135029     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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