Prognosis of breast cancer patients treated with sentinel node biopsy in Japan

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 452-456

  Imoto, Shigeru ^a   Wada, Noriaki ^a   Murakami, Kohji ^a   Hasebe, Takahiro ^b   Ochiai, Atsushi ^b   Ebihara, Satoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node dissection; Breast cancer; Prognosis; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; TAMOXIFEN; UFT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; JAPAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 7944231201     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyh077     Document Type: Article

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