Macroscopic quality control improves the reliability of blue dye-only sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 525-530

  Nos, Claude ^a   Fréneaux, Paul ^a   Louis Sylvestre, Christine ^a   Hurren, Jeremy S ^a   Heitz, Denis ^a   Sastre Garau, Xavier ^a   Clough, Krishna B ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Axillary dissection; Breast carcinoma; Pathologic color quality assessment; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

DYE; COLORING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGEON; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORING AGENTS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 0042285889     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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