Current applications and future prospects of fine-needle aspiration biopsy of locoregional lymph nodes in the management of breast cancer

Cancer Cytopathology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 451-462

  Krishnamurthy, Savitri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Lymph nodes; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

AXILLA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 74249083696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19346638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncy.20055     Document Type: Review

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