Accurate staging of axillary lymph nodes from breast cancer patients using a novel molecular method

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1197-1202

  Osako, T ^a,b   Iwase, T ^b   Kimura, K ^b   Yamashita, K ^a   Horii, R ^b   Akiyama, F ^a  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

breast cancer; histopathological examination; micrometastasis; non sentinel lymph node metastasis; one step nucleic acid amplification assay; sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MICROMETASTASIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; ONE STEP NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION ASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 80053987399     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.350     Document Type: Article

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