The accuracy of intraoperative frozen section analysis of the sentinel lymph nodes during breast cancer surgery

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 208-211

  Khalifa, K ^a   Pereira, B ^a   Thomas, V A ^a   Mokbel, Kefah ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Frozen section; Intraoperative; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TIME FACTORS;

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