Long-term outcome of internal mammary lymph node detected by lymphoscintigraphy in early breast cancer

Journal of Breast Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-104

  Koo, Min Young ^a   Lee, Se Kyung ^b   Bae, Soo Youn ^c   Choi, Min Young ^b   Cho, Dong Hui ^b   Kim, Sangmin ^b   Lee, Jeong Eon ^b   Nam, Seok Jin ^b   Yang, Jung Hyun ^c  

^a National Police Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast; Carcinoma; Internal mammary; Prognosis; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM TIN COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 84859317051     PISSN: 17386756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4048/jbc.2012.15.1.98     Document Type: Article

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