Preoperative lymphoscintigraphy and triangulated patient body marking are important parts of the sentinel node process in breast cancer

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Chun K Kim¹  Suk Chul Kim¹  Borys R Krynyckyi¹ 

[1] Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA

关键词: Lymphoscintigraphy;    Morbidity;    Sentinel Lymph Node;    Breast Cancer;   

Others  :  1207388
DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7819-3-56

 received in 2005-06-17, accepted in 2005-08-24,  发布年份 2005

【 授权许可】

   
2005 Krynyckyi et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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