Use of frozen sections in the examination of sentinel lymph nodes in patients with melanoma

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 112-115

  Prieto, Victor G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Frozen sections; Melanoma; Metastases; Sentinel lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 45849131680     PISSN: 07402570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semdp.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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