Clinical significance and management of sentinel node micrometastasis in invasive breast cancer

Clinical Breast Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 308-312

  Jafferbhoy, Sadaf ^a,b   McWilliams, Billy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Micrometastasis; Prognosis; Sentinel node; Significance

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84867049770     PISSN: 15268209     EISSN: 19380666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clbc.2012.07.012     Document Type: Review

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