Open AccessStaging of the Axilla in Breast Cancer
Author(s) -
Ian C. P. Smith,
Keith N. Ogston,
Phillipa Whitford,
Francis Smith,
P. Sharp,
M. Y. Norton,
Iain D. Miller,
A. K. AhSee,
S Heys,
Jibril A Jibril,
Oleg Eremin
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199808000-00012
Subject(s) - medicine , axilla , breast cancer , general surgery , medline , oncology , radiology , cancer , political science , law
To evaluate the ability of positron emission tomography (PET) with 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (18F-FDG) to determine noninvasively axillary lymph node status in patients with breast cancer.