Breast cancer: Can axillary lymph node dissection be avoided?

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-7

  Barry, M ^a   Kell, M R ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE EXTIRPATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SEROMA; SHOULDER DISEASE;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 83955165891     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2011.10.005     Document Type: Editorial

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