Ultrasound-guided core biopsy: An effective method of detecting axillary nodal metastases

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-17

  Solon, Jacqueline G ^a,b   Power, Colm ^a   Al Azawi, Dhafir ^a   Duke, Deirdre ^a   Hill, Arnold D K ^a,b  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND GUIDED CORE BIOPSY;

AXILLA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84355161571     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.09.024     Document Type: Article

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