Open AccessLessons Learned From 500 Cases of Lymphatic Mapping for Breast Cancer
Author(s) -
A. D. K. Hill,
Katherine N. Tran,
Tim Akhurst,
Henry Yeung,
Samuel D. J. Yeh,
Paul Peter Rosen,
Patrick I. Borgen,
Hiram S. Cody
Publication year - 1999
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 - 10.1097/00000658-199904000-00012
Subject(s) - medicine , sentinel node , breast cancer , biopsy , lymphovascular invasion , sentinel lymph node , radiology , axillary lymph node dissection , gamma probe , dissection (medical) , axillary dissection , lymphatic system , lymph node , axilla , cancer , surgery , metastasis , pathology
To evaluate the factors affecting the identification and accuracy of the sentinel node in breast cancer in a single institutional experience.