Intraoperative frozen section analysis of margins in breast conserving surgery significantly decreases reoperative rates: One-year experience at an ambulatory surgical center

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 657-669

  Jorns, Julie M ^a   Visscher, Daniel ^b   Sabel, Michael ^a   Breslin, Tara ^a   Healy, Patrick ^c   Daignaut, Stephanie ^c   Myers, Jeffrey L ^a   Wu, Angela J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast conservation therapy; Frozen section; Intraoperative frozen section; Lumpectomy margins

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BREAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TISSUE SLICE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; REOPERATION;

EID: 84868130369     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP4IEMXCJ1GDTS     Document Type: Article

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