Telepathology in intraoperative frozen section consultation of breast cancer sentinel node biopsy in Fukushima, Japan following the 2011 triple disaster: diagnostic accuracy and required time during the early implementation phase

• Main Authors: Hiroaki Kawakami (Author), Akihiko Ozaki (Author), Yudai Kaneda (Author), Shigeyuki Asano (Author), Kouki Inai (Author), Shinichi Hirooka (Author), Ayumi Katoono (Author), Riko Takagi (Author), Makoto Kosaka (Author), Anju Murayama (Author), Toyoaki Sawano (Author), Yasuteru Shimamura (Author), Masaharu Tsubokura (Author), Tomohiro Kurokawa (Author), Kaznoshin Tachibana (Author), Masahiro Wada (Author), Tetsuya Tanimoto (Author), Tohru Ohtake (Author), Naoyuki Kitamura (Author), Tomozo Ejiri (Author), Hideyuki Magome (Author), Hiroaki Shimmura (Author), Norio Kanzaki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: James Cook University, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In breast cancer surgery, some medical facilities lack the necessary resources to conduct sentinel lymph node biopsy and its intraoperative frozen section consultation. In the coastal rural area of Fukushima, Japan, which has suffered from physician undersupply following the 2011 triple disaster of...