Frozen section investigation of the sentinel node in malignant melanoma and breast cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 222-226

  Tanis, P J ^a   Boom, R P A ^a   Schraffordt Koops, H ^a   Faneyte, I F ^a   Peterse, J L ^a   Nieweg, O E ^a   Rutgers, E J T ^a   Tiebosch, A T M G ^a   Kroon, B B R ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Frozen section; Melanoma; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; COLORING AGENTS; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HEMATOXYLIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 0035067613     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/aso.2001.8.3.222     Document Type: Article

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