Axillary ultrasound in invasive breast cancer: Experience of our surgeons

Breast Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-195

  Devaraj, Srinivasamurthy ^a   Iqbal, Mohd ^a   Donnelly, Jill ^a   Corder, Allan P ^a  

^a HEREFORD COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

axilla; breast cancer; metastases; surgeon; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGEON;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79952775721     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2010.01043.x     Document Type: Article

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