Factors influencing the identification rate of the sentinel node in breast cancer

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 627-631

  Gschwantler Kaulich, D ^a   Riegler Keil, M ^b   Ruecklinger, E ^c   Singer, C F ^a   Seifert, M ^a   Kubista, E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; False negative rate; Identification rate; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 79960833955     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2011.01241.x     Document Type: Article

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