Concentrated smear technique for examining sentinel lymph nodes of the breast at the time of frozen section

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 944-946

  Renshaw, Andrew A ^a   Gould, Edwin W ^a  

^a BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Carcinoma; Concentrated technique; Cytology; Frozen section; Intraoperative consultation; Neoplasia; Sentinel lymph node; Smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SCREENING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE CELL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SMEAR; STANDARD;

EID: 9644252675     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/A7RVPRQ7PEW3LXHK     Document Type: Article

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