title: The frozen section yesterday and today: pediatric solid tumors--crucial issues.
abstract: This article is the offshoot of a Pediatric Oncology Group (POG) seminar presented at the Adams Mark Hotel, Denver, Colorado, Friday, May 21, 1999, titled "The Frozen Section in Pediatric Solid Tumors--Crucial Issues." There were eight presenters who spoke on a wide range of topics that included historical perspectives of the frozen section and discussion of the following systems: brain, renal, germ cell, bone, soft tissue, and lymph nodes. To complement these presentations, a pediatric surgeon explained his concern and philosophy regarding the use of frozen sections, and a lawyer tackled the issues and risks in rendering a frozen section diagnosis. We think that this review covers all the important aspects of the frozen section in our current practice of pediatric pathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital of Buffalo-Kaleida Health and State University of New York at Buffalo, 219 Bryant Street, Buffalo, NY 14222, USA.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Burger
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Perlman
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Dickman
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Parham
authors.forename: V H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Savell
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Hutchison
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Paidas
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Lev
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005629:Frozen Sections / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000266:history*