Assessing patterns of practice of sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer in Latin America

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1077-1083

  Acuna, Sergio A ^a,c   Angarita, Fernando A ^a,d   Escallon, Jaime ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SURGERY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 84898911903     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-2382-1     Document Type: Article

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