Axillary ultrasound assessment in primary breast cancer: An audit of 653 cases

Breast Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 460-463

  Mills, Pippa ^a,b   Sever, Ali ^a   Weeks, Jenny ^a   Fish, David ^a   Jones, Sue ^a   Jones, Peter ^a  

^a MAIDSTONE AND TUNBRIDGE WELLS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b MAIDSTONE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axillary ultrasound; Breast cancer; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLA; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIMARY TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 77956791121     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2010.00952.x     Document Type: Article

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