Accuracy of intraoperative frozen-section diagnosis in stage I endometrial adenocarcinoma

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 62-66

  Kucera, Elisabeth ^a   Kainz, Ch ^b   Reinthaller, A ^b   Sliutz, G ^b   Leodolter, S ^b   Kucera, H ^b   Breitenecker, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Accuracy of frozen section diagnosis; Endometrial adenocarcinoma; Frozen section diagnosis; Stage I; Surgical staging

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMETRIUM; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY;

EID: 0033985911     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010215     Document Type: Article

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