Accuracy of frozen section analysis of sentinel lymph nodes for the detection of asian breast cancer micrometastasis-experience from Pakistan

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2657-2662

  Hashmi, Atif Ali ^a   Faridi, Naveen ^a   Khurshid, Amna ^a   Naqvi, Hanna ^a   Malik, Babar ^b   Malik, Faisal Riaz ^c   Fida, Zubaida ^a   Mujtuba, Shafaq ^a  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b SINDH INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND TRANSPLANTATION   (Pakistan)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Frozen section; Micrometastasis; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880322124     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.4.2657     Document Type: Article

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