Outcomes of Clinically Node-Negative Breast Cancer Without Axillary Dissection: Can Preserved Axilla Be Safely Treated with Radiation after a Positive Sentinel Node Biopsy?

Clinical Breast Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-76

  Sanuki, Naoko ^a   Takeda, Atsuya ^a,b   Amemiya, Atsushi ^a   Ofuchi, Toru ^a   Ono, Masashi ^a   Ogata, Haruki ^a   Yamagami, Ryo ^a   Hatayama, Jun ^a   Eriguchi, Takahisa ^a   Kunieda, Etsuo ^b  

^a OFUNA CHUO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axillary dissection; Axillary radiotherapy; Breast cancer; Regional node irradiation; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS;

EID: 84872340803     PISSN: 15268209     EISSN: 19380666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clbc.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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