Is intra-operative nodal assessment essential in a modern breast practice?

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1162-1164

  Benson, J R ^a   Wishart, G C ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST CONTROL; CYTOLOGY; EDITORIAL; EXCISION; FROZEN SECTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TOUCH IMPRINT CYTOLOGY; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

DNA;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 79851512288     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2010.09.003     Document Type: Editorial

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