Perioperative diagnosis of the positive axilla in breast cancer: A safe, time efficient algorithm

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 205-210

  Carroll, P A ^a   O'Mahony, D ^a   McDermott, R ^a   Boyle, T ^a   Dunne, B ^a   Kennedy, M J ^a   Connolly, E M ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Axillary ultrasound; Breast cancer; Staging

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; AXILLARY MASS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 79851513481     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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