Accuracy, utility, and cost of frozen section margins in head and neck cancer surgery

Laryngoscope

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1773-1776

  DiNardo, Laurence J ^a   Lin, James ^a   Karageorge, Lampros S ^b   Powers, Celeste N ^b  

^a Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Frozen section; Head and neck cancer; Tumor margins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FROZEN SECTIONS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033779924     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200010000-00039     Document Type: Article

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