Intraoperative examination of sentinel nodes in breast cancer: Is the glass half full or half empty?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1005-1010

  Fortunato, Lucio ^a   Amini, Mostafà ^b   Farina, Massimo ^a   Rapacchietta, Simonetta ^a   Costarelli, Leopoldo ^b   Piro, Francesca R ^b   Alessi, Giuseppe ^a   Pompili, Pierluigi ^a   Bianca, Salvatore ^a   Vitelli, Carlo Eugenio ^a  

^a MG Vannini Hospital   (Italy)

^b SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cytology; Frozen section; Immunohistochemistry; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FROZEN SECTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; ITALY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 20144389434     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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