Evidence-based criteria to help distinguish metastatic breast cancer from primary lung adenocarcinoma on thoracic frozen section

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 122-128

  Herbst, Jonathon ^a,c   Jenders, Robert ^b,d   McKenna, Robert ^c   Marchevsky, Alberto ^a  

^a Department of Pathology   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lung cancer; Metastases; Pulmonary nodules

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX;

EID: 58549118537     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPF42AVKHGDRZE     Document Type: Article

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