Testing the feasibility of infra-operative sentinel lymph node touch imprint cytology

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 336-339

  Jahromi, Alireza Hamidian ^a   Narayanan, Sankaran ^b   MacNeill, Fiona ^b   Osin, Peter ^b   Nerurkar, Ashutash ^b   Gul, Gerald ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Sentinel lymph node; Touch imprint cytology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 68349083685     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588409X391758     Document Type: Article

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