THE SENTINEL AXILLARY NODE IN BREAST-CANCER - PRELIMINARY STEP BEFORESELECTIVE NODE CLEARANCE - EXPERIENCE ACQUIRED AT THE PAUL-STRAUSS-CENTER AND LEON-BERARD-CENTER

Authors
RODIER JF ROUTIOT T MIGNOTTE H BREMOND A JANSER JC BARLIER C GNHASSIA JP TREILLEUX I CHASSAGNE C VELTEN M
Citation
Jf. Rodier et al., THE SENTINEL AXILLARY NODE IN BREAST-CANCER - PRELIMINARY STEP BEFORESELECTIVE NODE CLEARANCE - EXPERIENCE ACQUIRED AT THE PAUL-STRAUSS-CENTER AND LEON-BERARD-CENTER, La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris, 74(31-32), 1998, pp. 1189-1190
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris → ACNP
ISSN journal
00371777
Volume
74
Issue
31-32
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1189 - 1190
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-1777(1998)74:31-32<1189:TSANIB>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Histologic invasion of the sentinel node identified by dye injection w as confronted to node status in 73 breast cancer patients. Sensitivity was 92% and specificity was 100%. Improvements in this method and its more widespread use can be expected to result in decreased functional sequelae.