Re-emphasizing the concept of adequacy of intraoperative assessment of the axillary sentinel lymph nodes for identifying nodal positivity during breast cancer surgery

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is a standard of care for the evaluation of the axillary lymph nodes during breast cancer surgery, a substantial degree of variation exists among individual surgeons as to what represents an...

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Main Authors: Agnese Doreen M, Yee Lisa D, Carson William E, Walker Michael J, Young Donn C, Povoski Stephen P, Farrar William B
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-02-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Online Access:http://www.wjso.com/content/5/1/18

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