Simple mastectomy and pectoral node biopsy
- 1 August 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 63 (8), 569-575
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800630802
Abstract
Evidence is presented to support the view that biopsy of the pectoral and axillary tail nodes obtained at simple (total) mastectomy gives a reliable estimate of axillary node status. The technique is described.Keywords
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