Intra-operative frozen section analysis for suspected early-stage ovarian cancer: 11 years of Gateshead Cancer Centre experience

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 194-201

  Cross, P A ^a   Naik, R ^a   Patel, A ^a   Nayar, A G N ^a   Hemming, J D ^a   Williamson, S L H ^a   Henry, J A ^a   Edmondson, R J ^a   Godfrey, K A ^a   Galaal, K ^a   Kucukmetin, A ^a   Lopes, A D ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; frozen section; likelihood ratio; ovarian cancer; sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; BRENNER TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE CYST; FROZEN SECTION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TURNAROUND TIME; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 83655201384     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.03129.x     Document Type: Article

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