Intra-operative imprint cytology for assessing the sentinel node in breast cancer - Results of its routine use over 8 years

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-20

  Contractor, K ^a   Gohel, M ^a   Al Salami, E ^a   Kaur, K ^a   Aqel, N ^a   Nigar, E ^a   Burke, M ^a   Singhal, H ^a  

^a EALING HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axillary staging; Breast cancer; Imprint cytology; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 57549106276     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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