Sentinel lymph node mapping in breast cancer

Breast Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-22

  Cody III, Hiram S ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary node; Breast cancer; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858059659     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02966901     Document Type: Review

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