Frozen section: Its role in gynaecological oncology

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 629-634

  Moodley, M ^a   Bramdev, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b LANCET LABORATORIES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VULVA; VULVA TUMOR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 31544441618     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610500278097     Document Type: Review

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