Comparative analysis of size estimation by mapping and counting number of blocks with ductal carcinoma in situ in breast excision specimens

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-30

  Dadmanesh, Farnaz ^a   Fan, Xuemo ^a   Dastane, Aditi ^a   Amin, Mahul B ^a   Bose, Shikha ^a  

^a Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TISSUE SLICE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TISSUE EMBEDDING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58349086029     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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