Axillary staging in breast cancer patients with exclusive lymphoscintigraphic drainage to the internal mammary Chain

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 159-164

  Van Esser, Stijn ^a   Madsen, Eva V E ^a,b   Van Dalen, Thijs ^b   Koelemij, Ron ^c   Van Rossum, Peter S N ^a   Borel Rinkes, Inne H M ^a   Van Hillegersberg, Richard ^a   Witkamp, Arjen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^c ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MACROSALB TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM TC 99M NANOCOLLOID;

AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN;

EID: 78651294444     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0795-7     Document Type: Article

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