The importance of pre-operative axillary ultrasound and intra-operative sentinel lymph node frozen section analysis in patients with early breast cancer - A 3-year study

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-105

  Sanders, Melissa M ^a   Waheed, Shamaela ^a   Joshi, Sanjay ^a   Pogson, Caroline ^a   Ebbs, Stephen R ^a  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Frozen section; Sentinel lymph node; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 79952470358     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588411X12851639108196     Document Type: Article

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