Ultrasound and fine needle aspiration cytology of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer. To do or not to do?

Breast

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 578-583

  Leenders, M W H ^a   Broeders, M ^a   Croese, C ^a   Richir, M C ^a   Go, H L S ^a   Langenhorst, B L A M ^a   Meijer, S ^b   Schreurs, W H ^a  

^a Medical Centre Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Axilla; Breast cancer; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 84863878860     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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