Efficacy and significance of sentinel lymph node identification with technetium-99m-labeled tin colloids for breast cancer

Breast Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 389-393

  Sato, Kazuhiko ^a   Hiraide, Hoshio ^a   Uematsu, Minoru ^a   Tamaki, Kuniyoshi ^a   Ishikawa, Hirofumi ^a   Yamasaki, Tamio ^a   Tamai, Seiichi ^a   Kusano, Shoichi ^a   Mochizuki, Hidetaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axillary dissection; Breast cancer; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863230339     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02967436     Document Type: Article

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