Predicting the likelihood of additional nodal metastases in breast carcinoma patients with positive sentinel node biopsy

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-41

  Mustać, Elvira ^a,b   Matušan Ilijaš, Koviljka ^a,b   Marijić, Blažen ^a,b   Smokvina, Miljenko ^a,b   Jonjić, Nives ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node dissection; Breast neoplasm; Metastasis; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCOGENE NEU; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; STAINING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 76649116535     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: 19402465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896909332113     Document Type: Article

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