Pre-operative lymphoscintigraphy before sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer

Breast

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-32

  Mathew, M A ^a   Saha, A K ^a   Saleem, T ^a   Saddozai, N ^a   Hutchinson, I F ^a   Nejim, A ^a  

^a AIREDALE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ADULT; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYMPH NODE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 77951915657     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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