Intraoperative frozen section of sentinel nodes: A formal decision analysis

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-220

  Chao, Celia ^a   Abell, Troy ^b   Martin II, Robert C G ^c   McMasters, Kelly M ^c  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Abell Research Consulting   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LYMPH NODES; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842863424     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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