Prospective ultrasonographic prediction of sentinel lymph node metastasis by real-time virtual sonography constructed with three-dimensional computed tomography-lymphography in breast cancer patients

Breast Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-82

  Yamamoto, Shigeru ^a   Maeda, Noriko ^a   Tamesa, Michiko ^a   Nagashima, Yukiko ^a   Yoshimura, Kiyoshi ^a   Oka, Masaaki ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Computed tomography; Lymphography; Real time virtual sonography; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84859790193     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12282-011-0275-4     Document Type: Article

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