Discriminating between micrometastases and isolated tumor cells in a regional and institutional setting

Breast

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 347-354

  Cserni, G ^a   Sapino, A ^b   Decker, T ^c  

^a BÁCS KISKUN COUNTY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Isolated tumor cells sentinel lymph node; Kappa statistics; Micrometastasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; COMMUNITY CARE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ITALY; KAPPA STATISTICS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL EXPERT; MICROMETASTASIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 33744546773     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2005.08.030     Document Type: Article

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