Imprint cytology versus frozen section: Intraoperative analysis of sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 597-599

  Liang, Rhea ^a,b   Craik, Jan ^a   Juhasz, Eva S ^a   Harman, C Richard ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Frozen sections; Histocytological preparation techniques; Morbidity; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; OPERATING ROOM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REOPERATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TIME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0042856333     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2003.02728.x     Document Type: Article

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