Effectiveness of multiple-level sectioning in detecting axillary nodal micrometastasis in breast cancer: A retrospective study with immunohistochemical analysis

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 687-690

  Zhang, Paul J ^a   Reisner, Russell M ^a   Nangia, Rina ^a   Edge, Stephen B ^a   Brooks, John J ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MASTECTOMY; TISSUE PREPARATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MICROTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031904208     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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