Axillary Lymph Node Drainage Pathways from Intradermal and Intraparenchymal Breast Planes

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-75

  Fowler, J Charlotte ^a,b   Solanki, Chandra K ^a   Ballinger, James R ^a   Ravichandran, Duraisamy ^b   Douglas Jones, Anthony ^c   Lawrence, David ^b   Bobrow, Lynda ^a   Purushotham, Arnie D ^a   Peters, A Michael ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LUTON AND DUNSTABLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breast cancer; dual isotope; immunoglobulin; injection plane; sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INDIUM 111; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77951622250     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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