Frozen section diagnosis for axillary sentinel lymph nodes: The first six years

Modern Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-61

  Mitchell, Mark L ^a  

^a CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Frozen sections; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 12344264142     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800279     Document Type: Article

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