Value of Intraoperative Examination of Axillary Sentinel Nodes in Carcinoma of the Breast

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 207, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 758-762

  Schwartz, Gordon F ^a   Krill, Lauren S ^a   Palazzo, Juan P ^a   Dasgupta, Abhijit ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROMETASTASIS; PATHOLOGIST; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; COHORT STUDIES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 54049106018     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.06.341     Document Type: Article

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