Frozen section in axillary sentinel lymph nodes for diagnosis of breast cancer micrometastasis

Anticancer Research

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4711-4716

  Tille, Jean Christophe ^a   Egger, Jean François ^a   Devillaz, Maria Condrea ^a   Vlastos, Goerges ^a   Pelte, Marie Françoise ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Frozen sections; Immunohistochemistry; Micrometastasis; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CELL ISOLATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; MICROMETASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149127248     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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