Intraoperative touch imprint cytology for the diagnosis of sentinel lymph node metastases in breast cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 572-576

  Chicken, D W ^a   Kocjan, G ^b   Falzon, M ^b   Lee, A C ^a   Douek, M ^a   Sainsbury, R ^a   Keshtgar, M R S ^a,c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Surgery ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROMETASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SURGEON;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PILOT PROJECTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 33646482915     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5289     Document Type: Article

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