Usefulness of Telfa pads in the histologic assessment of stereotactic- guided breast biopsy specimens

Modern Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 553-557

  Gala, Indira ^a   Fisher, Paul ^a   Hermann, George A ^b,c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Histologic processing technique; Needle biopsy

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CALCIFICATION; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TISSUE FIXATION;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0032920382     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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