Patients' view on intraoperative diagnosis of sentinel nodes in breast cancer: Is it an automatic choice?

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 76-80

  Chicken, Dennis W ^a   Sivanadarajah, Naveethan ^a   Keshtgar, Mohammed R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Frozen section; Intraoperative diagnosis; Patient choice; Psychological effect; Sentinel node; Touch imprint cytology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 34247117754     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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