Reassessment of the utility of frozen sections in endometrial cancer surgery using tumor diameter as an additional factor

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 531.e1-531.e7

  Yanazume, Shintaro ^a   Saito, Toshiaki ^a   Eto, Takako ^a   Yamanaka, Takeharu ^a   Nishiyama, Kenichi ^a   Okadome, Masao ^a   Ariyoshi, Kazuya ^a  

^a NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

endometrial cancer; frozen section; lymphadenectomy; surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; EARLY CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 79958113621     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.01.066     Document Type: Article

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