Axillary treatment in women with one or two sentinel nodes with macrometastases: More evidence is needed to inform practice

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 34, 2014, Pages 3902-

  Goyal, Amit ^a   Dodwell, David ^b   Reed, Malcolm W ^c   Coleman, Robert E ^c  

^a ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW RISK PATIENT; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; BREAST TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STANDARDS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 84912061025     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2014.57.3717     Document Type: Letter

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