Sentinel node staging for breast cancer: intraoperative molecular pathology overcomes conventional histologic sampling errors

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 426-432

  Blumencranz, Peter ^a   Whitworth, Pat W ^b   Deck, Kenneth ^c   Rosenberg, Anne ^d   Reintgen, Douglas ^e   Beitsch, Peter ^f   Chagpar, Anees ^g   Julian, Thomas ^h   Saha, Sukamal ⁱ   Mamounas, Eleftherios ^j   Giuliano, Armando ^k   Simmons, Rache ^l  

^a Breast Health Services   (United States)

^b Nashville Skin and Cancer   (United States)

^c South Orange County Endocrinology   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Lakeland Regional Cancer Center   (United States)

^f Dallas Surgical Group   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK   (United States)

ⁱ MCLAREN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j AULTMAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l Weill Cornell Breast Center   (United States)

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Author keywords

Axillary; Breast cancer; Diagnostic; Gene; Molecular

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROMETASTASIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING ERROR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; BREAST TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 34548492468     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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