Clinical relevance of sentinel lymph nodes outside the axilla in patients with breast cancer
Open Access
- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 87 (7), 920-925
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2168.2000.01437.x
Abstract
Background. Lymphatic mapping in patients with breast cancer can reveal sentinel lymph nodes that are not located at level I–II of the axilla. Little isKeywords
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