title: Is frozen-section diagnosis a reliable guide in surgical treatment of stage I endometrial carcinoma?
abstract: Frozen-section diagnoses and paraffin-section diagnoses were compared in 154 patients in stage I endometrial adenocarcinoma. In 134 (87%) of the 154 patients (p < 0.001), a corresponding depth of myometrial invasion was found, and in 132 (85.7%) patients the same tumor grade was established (p < 0.001). Frozen-section diagnosis of stage I endometrial adenocarcinoma is reliable for estimation of the extent of disease and accurately identifies patients who require surgical staging.
authors.affiliation: SSK Ankara Maternity Hospital, Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Ankara, Turkey. akayikci@hacettepe.edu.tr
authors.forename: Fulya
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kayikçioğlu
authors.forename: Nurettin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Boran
authors.forename: Mutlu M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Meydanli
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tulunay
authors.forename: Faruk M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Köse
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bülbül
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005629:Frozen Sections; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010052:Ovariectomy; D016612:Paraffin Embedding; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity