The evolving role of axillary lymph node fine-needle aspiration in the management of carcinoma of the breast

Cancer Cytopathology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 328-334

  Chang, Martin C ^a   Crystal, Pavel ^a   Colgan, Terence J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

False positive; Fine needle biopsy; Invasive ductal breast carcinoma; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE GUIDED BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; AXILLA; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AXILLA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84856366500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19346638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncy.20152     Document Type: Article

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