Accuracy of frozen section of sentinel lymph nodes: A prospective analysis of 659 breast cancer patients of the Swiss multicenter study

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-136

  Langer, Igor ^a   Guller, Ulrich ^a   Berclaz, Gilles ^b   Koechli, Ossi R ^c   Moch, Holger ^d   Schaer, Gabriel ^e   Fehr, Mathias K ^f   Hess, Thomas ^g   Oertli, Daniel ^a   Bronz, Lucio ^h   Schnarwyler, Beate ⁱ   Wight, Edward ^a   Uehlinger, Urs ^j   Infanger, Eduard ^j   Burger, Daniel ^j   Zuber, Markus ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Lower Extremity Department   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g CANTONAL HOSPITAL WINTERTHUR   (Switzerland)

^h OSPEDALE SAN GIOVANNI   (Switzerland)

ⁱ TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^j Kantonales Spital Sursee Wolhusen ^*  (Switzerland)

^k KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Accuracy; Breast cancer; Frozen section; Micrometastases; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROMETASTASIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 58049220965     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-008-9911-x     Document Type: Article

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