Ultrasound of the axilla: where to look for the sentinel lymph node

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 373-376

  Britton, P ^a   Moyle, P ^a   Benson, J R ^a   Goud, A ^a   Sinnatamby, R ^a   Barter, S ^a   Gaskarth, M ^a   Provenzano, E ^a   Wallis, M ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 77950339474     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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