Intraoperative examination of the sentinel lymph node for breast carcinoma staging

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 627-634

  Turner, Roderick R ^a   Hansen, Nora M ^b   Stern, Stacey L ^c   Giuliano, Armando E ^b  

^a SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Joyce Eisenberg Keefer Breast Center   (United States)

^c JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Frozen section; Immunohistochemistry; Imprint cytology; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0033491131     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/112.5.627     Document Type: Article

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