Impact of axillary ultrasound and core needle biopsy on the utility of intraoperative frozen section analysis and treatment decision making in women with invasive breast cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 308-314

  Caretta Weyer, Holly ^a   Sisney, Gale A ^b   Beckman, Catherine ^a   Burnside, Elizabeth S ^b   Salkowsi, Lonie R ^b   Strigel, Roberta M ^b   Wilke, Lee G ^a   Neuman, Heather B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph nodes; Breast cancer; Core needle biopsy; Decision making; Frozen section analysis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ULTRASOUND; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84865249241     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.10.016     Document Type: Article

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