The sentinel node in breast cancer--a multicenter validation study.

Krag, D; Weaver, D; Ashikaga, T; Moffat, F; S Klimberg, V; Shriver, C; Feldman, S; Kusminsky, R; Gadd, M; Kuhn, J; Harlow, S; Beitsch, P

doi:10.1056/NEJM199810013391401

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The sentinel node in breast cancer--a multicenter validation study.

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D Krag

D Weaver

T Ashikaga

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Pilot studies indicate that probe-guided resection of radioactive sentinel nodes (the first nodes that receive drainage from tumors) can identify regional metastases in patients with breast cancer. To confirm this finding, we conducted a multicenter study of the method as used by 11 surg...

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