Sentinel lymph node biopsy and axillary dissection in breast cancer: results in a large series.

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Published in J Natl Cancer Inst on February 17, 1999

Authors

U Veronesi1, G Paganelli, G Viale, V Galimberti, A Luini, S Zurrida, C Robertson, V Sacchini, P Veronesi, E Orvieto, C De Cicco, M Intra, G Tosi, D Scarpa

Author Affiliations

1: Senology Division, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milan, Italy. DirScien@ieo.cilea.it

Associated clinical trials:

GeneSearch™ Breast Lymph Node (BLN) Assay China Registration Study | NCT00869674

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