Internal mammary lymph drainage and sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer - A study on 1008 patients.

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Published in Eur J Surg Oncol on August 05, 2008

Authors

E M Heuts1, F W C van der Ent, M F von Meyenfeldt, A C Voogd

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands. e.heuts@surgery.azm.nl

Associated clinical trials:

Proton Therapy for Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer (BR01) | NCT01365845

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