Intra-operative evaluation of the sentinel lymph node for T1-N0 breast-cancer patients: Always or never? A risk/benefit and cost/benefit analysis

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 737-744

  Canavese, G ^a   Bruzzi, P ^b   Catturich, A ^a   Vecchio, C ^a   Tomei, D ^a   Carli, F ^a   Truini, M ^a   Andreoli, G B ^a   Priano, V ^a   Dozin, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b National Cancer Research Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node dissection; Breast cancer; Intra operative evaluation; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROMETASTASIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME; BREAST TUMOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; ITALY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ITALY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954890762     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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