Choosing an optimal algorithm for the assessment of the condition of regional lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer using modern ultrasound diagnostics
- Authors: Khakurinova N.D.1, Snitkin V.M.1, Sholokhov V.N.1, Petrovsky A.V.1, Valiev R.K.1, Avtomonov D.E.1, Samoylenko I.V.1
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Affiliations:
- N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia
- Issue: No 10 (2020)
- Pages: 118-124
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/0300-9092/article/view/329553
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18565/aig.2020.10.118-124
- ID: 329553
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About the authors
Nafset D. Khakurinova
N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: nafset2701@mail.ru
Oncologist, Department of the day hospital (chemotherapeutic and surgical methods of treatment)
Vyacheslav M. Snitkin
N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: snitkinvm@yandex.ru
post-graduate student of the Department of ultrasound diagnostics of the Research Institute of Clinical and Experimental Radiology
Vladimir N. Sholokhov
N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: vnshell@mail.ru
MD, Professor, leading researcher of the Department of ultrasound diagnostics of the Research Institute of Clinical and Experimental Radiology
Alexander V. Petrovsky
N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: alexpetrovsky@hotmail.com
PhD, deputy director for the development of cancer care in the regions, Research Institute of Clinical Oncology
Ramiz K. Valiev
N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: info@ronc.ru
PhD., Head of the Oncological Department of surgical methods of treatment No. 13, Research Institute of Clinical Oncology
Dmitry E. Avtomonov
N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: info@ronc.ru
PhD., assistant of the Department of Oncology, Institute of Clinical Medicine named after N.V. Sklifosovsky
Igor V. Samoylenko
N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: i.samoylenko@ronc.ru
PhD, senior researcher, Oncological Department of surgical methods of treatment No. 12 (oncodermatology)
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