A further survey of surgical management of the axilla in UK breast cancer patients

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 506-511

  Glynn, Ronan W ^a   Williams, Linda ^b   Dixon, J Michael ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axilla; Breast neoplasms; Neo adjuvant therapy; Sentinel node biopsy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 77957908462     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588410X12664192075819     Document Type: Article

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