Intraoperative frozen section assessment in the evaluation of axillary sentinel lymph node in breast cancer Exame intraoperatório por congelação na avaliação do linfonodo sentinela axilar no câncer de mama

• Main Authors: Jorge Alberto Thomé (Author), Carlos Fabián Mendiburu (Author), Fabio Marcondes C. Palma (Author), Antonio R. Moriel (Author), Agnes Cristina Fett-Conte (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION: Intraoperative frozen section analysis has become a routine procedure to evaluate the status of axillary sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the accuracy and sensitivity of FS in the detection of metastases in axillary sentinel lymph nodes and to investigate...