Frozen section is superior to imprint cytology for the intra-operative assessment of sentinel lymph node metastasis in Stage I Breast cancer patients

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mori, Miki ^a   Tada, Keiichiro ^a   Ikenaga, Motoko ^a   Miyagi, Yumi ^a   Nishimura, Seiichiro ^a   Takahashi, Kaoru ^a   Makita, Masujiro ^a   Iwase, Takuji ^a   Kasumi, Fujio ^a   Koizumi, Mituru ^a  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 33745466333     PISSN: 14777819     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-4-26     Document Type: Article

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