Clinical utility of frozen section in sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 529-532

  Gulec, Seza A ^a   Joseph, S U ^a   O'Leary, J Patrick ^a,c   Stolier, Alan ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; COLORING AGENTS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 0035375331     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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