Open AccessHalsted Revisited: Internal Mammary Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer
Author(s) -
F.W.C. van der Ent,
R.A.M. Kengen,
H.A.G. van der Pol,
J. A. C. M. Povel,
Harry J. G. Stroeken,
A. G. M. Hoofwijk
Publication year - 2001
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 - 10.1097/00000658-200107000-00012
Subject(s) - medicine , sentinel node , biopsy , sentinel lymph node , breast cancer , gamma probe , mammary gland , radiology , axilla , cancer
To investigate the feasibility of internal mammary sentinel lymph node biopsy as a method to refine and thereby improve nodal staging in breast cancer.