Comparison of frozen section and touch imprint cytology for evaluation of sentinel lymph node metastasis in breast cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 747-750

  Aihara, Tomohiko ^a   Munakata, Satoru ^a   Morino, Hideo ^a   Takatsuka, Yuichi ^a  

^a KANSAI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cytokeratin immunohistochemistry; Diagnosis; Frozen section; Sentinel lymph node; Touch imprint cytology

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; DYE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TISSUE SECTION; TOUCH IMPRINT CYTOLOGY; BREAST TUMOR; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 6944253860     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2004.01.014     Document Type: Article

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