Accuracy and cost of intraoperative lymph node frozen sections at radical prostatectomy

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 925-927

  Young, M P A ^a   Kirby, R S ^c   O'Donoghue, E P N ^b   Parkinson, M C ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Frozen section; Intraoperative diagnosis; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 0033408390     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.52.12.925     Document Type: Article

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