Credentialing issues with sentinel lymph node staging for breast cancer.

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Published in Am J Surg on October 01, 2000

Authors

L Tafra1, K M McMasters, P Whitworth, M J Edwards

Author Affiliations

1: Breast Center at Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Axillary Sentinel Lymph Node Detection in Breast Cancers > 2 cm (GAS2PLUS) | NCT00636467

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