Processing sentinel nodes in breast cancer : When and how many?

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 389-393

  Schuman, Samer ^a   Walker, Gail ^a   Avisar, Eli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; COLORING AGENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; ROSANILINE DYES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 79955043583     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.29     Document Type: Article

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