Intraoperative analysis of sentinel lymph nodes by imprint cytology for cancer of the breast
- 作者：Shiver ; Stephen A. ; Creager ; Andrew J. ; Geisinger ; Kim ; Perrier ; Nancy D. ; Shen ; Perry ; Levine ; Edward A.
- 关键词：Touch prep ; Surgery ; Breast cancer ; Sentinel node ; Mapping ; Cytology
- 刊名：The American Journal of Surgery
- 出版年：2002
- 期刊代码：9_00029610
- 类别：med
- 出版时间：November, 2002
- 卷：184
- 期：5
- 页码：424-427
- 文件大小：47.9 K
摘要
The utilization of lymphatic mapping techniques for breast carcinoma has made intraoperative evaluation of sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) attractive, because axillary lymph node dissection can be performed during the initial surgery if the SLN is positive. The optimal technique for rapid SLN assessment has not been determined. Both frozen sectioning and imprint cytology are used for rapid intraoperative SLN evaluation.