Pathology issues related to sn procedures and increased detection of micrometastases and isolated tumor cells

Breast Disease

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 65-81

  Van Diest, Paul J ^a   Van Deurzen, Carolien H M ^b   Cserni, Gábor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BÁCS KISKUN COUNTY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; cytology; frozen section; immunohistochemistry; molecular analysis; pathology; sentinel node

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CYTOKERATIN 19; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MESSENGER RNA; MUCIN 1;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPORT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MICROMETASTASIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

AXILLA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KERATIN-19; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79952677655     PISSN: 08886008     EISSN: 15581551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BD-2010-0298     Document Type: Article

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