Sampling of grossly benign breast reexcisions: A multidisciplinary approach to assessing adequacy

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 316-322

  Abraham, Susan C ^a   Fox, Kevin ^a   Fraker, Douglas ^a   Solin, Lawrence ^a   Reynolds, Carol ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adequacy; Breast; Probability; Reexcision; Sampling; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROBABILITY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032979110     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199903000-00011     Document Type: Article

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