The use of touch preparation for the evaluation of sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 792-796

  Guidroz, Julie A ^a   Johnson, Matthew T ^a   Scott Conner, Carol E H ^a   De Young, Barry R ^a   Weigel, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Sentinel lymph node; Touch prep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TOUCH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 77953688081     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.06.020     Document Type: Article

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