How accurate is frozen section for skin cancers?

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 607-609

  Manstein, Mark Eric ^a   Manstein, Carl H ^a   Smith, Roberta ^a   Murphy, Robert X ^a   Sullivan, Patrik K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL MARGIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, BASOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038282611     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000069073.38391.91     Document Type: Article

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