Magnetic nanoparticles for sentinel lymph node imaging and biopsy in breast cancer

Background Axillary nodal status is the single most important prognostic factor in breast cancer diagnosis. If cancerous cells are present, the sentinel lymph node (SLN) is the axillary lymph node that is most likely to contain metastatic disease. In early stage breast cancer, the SLN is localised (...

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Main Author: Johnson, Laura
Published: King's College London (University of London) 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631253