Utility of four-quadrant random sections in mastectomy specimens

Breast Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 307-311

  Gupta, Dilip ^a   Nath, Manju ^b   Layfield, Lester J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Mastectomy; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; CANCER INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING;

BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORDS; PENNSYLVANIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTAH;

EID: 0042666900     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2003.09411.x     Document Type: Article

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