Avoiding axillary treatment in sentinel lymph node micrometastases of breast cancer: A prospective analysis of axillary or distant recurrence

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 772-777

  Pernas, Sonia ^a   Gil, Marta ^a   Benítez, Ana ^a   Bajen, Maria Teresa ^a   Climent, Fina ^b   Pla, Maria Jesús ^b   Benito, Enrique ^b   Gumà, Anna ^b   Gutierrez, Cristina ^b   Pisa, Aleydis ^a   Urruticoechea, Ander ^a   Pérez, Javier ^b   Gil Gil, Miguel ^a  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^b BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M COLLOID; ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; TAMOXIFEN; TAXANE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE MACROMETASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROMETASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE MICROMETASTASIS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77149175426     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0804-y     Document Type: Article

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