Optimising surgical accuracy in palpable breast cancer with intra-operative breast ultrasound - Feasibility and surgeons' learning curve

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1044-1050

  Krekel, N M A ^a   Lopes Cardozo, A M F ^b   Muller, S ^c   Bergers, E ^a   Meijer, S ^a   Van Den Tol, M P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Northwest Clinics   (Netherlands)

^c RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast conserving surgery; Intra operative ultrasonography; Learning curve; Pitfalls; Surgical training; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 80955142735     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2011.08.127     Document Type: Article

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