Feasibility of sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer patients with initial axillary lymph node metastasis after primary systemic therapy

Journal of Breast Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-152

  Kang, Eunyoung ^a   Chung, Yong ^a   Han, Sang Ah ^b   Kim, Sun Mi ^c   Jang, Mijung ^c   Lyou, Chae Yeon ^c   Park, So Yeon ^a   Kim, Jee Hyun ^a   Kim, Yu Jung ^a   Kim, Sung Won ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Pathology and Internal Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Primary systemic therapy; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; GEMCITABINE; PACLITAXEL; TRASTUZUMAB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 79959827272     PISSN: 17386756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4048/jbc.2011.14.2.147     Document Type: Article

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