The Sentinel Node in Breast Cancer — A Multicenter Validation Study

N. Krag, David; L. Weaver, Donald; Ashikaga, Takamaru; L. Moffat, Frederick; Suzanne Klimberg, V.; D. Shriver, Craig; Feldman, Sheldon; E. Kusminsky, Roberto; A. Gadd, Michele; A. Kuhn, Joseph; P. Harlow, Seth; D. Beitsch, Peter; W. Whitworth, Pat; S. Foster, Roger; Dowlatshahi, Kambiz

doi:10.1056/nejm199810013391401

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The Sentinel Node in Breast Cancer — A Multicenter Validation Study

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Oct 1, 1998

Authors:

David N. Krag

Donald L. Weaver

Takamaru 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...

Subject

Medicine

Sentinel node

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